Watch the Arts Alive performance via live stream, starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 22.
Arts Alive is the West Virginia Department of Education’s annual event to showcase outstanding arts education programs and student achievements in public schools. The work included in Arts Alive is selected from state arts conferences, festivals and exhibits throughout West Virginia; a competitive submission process; and/or by invitation. Arts Alive is in its eighth year and has expanded collaborations and interdisciplinary partnerships to include work from the following areas: Dance, Music, Pre-Kindergarten, Science in the Arts, Theatre and Visual Arts. Students perform and exhibit work before an audience of students, family members, educators, policy makers, leaders, advocates and philanthropists.
Arts Alive aims to support developing and established arts programs in public schools throughout West Virginia; inspire local education systems to embrace the arts as an essential part of every child’s education; and empower the broader learning community to advocate for comprehensive arts education in public schools.
WVPB's Chocolate Challenge is celebrating 20 years! Share the love and get something sweet in return. Enjoy your favorite programing with a side of…
WVPB’s Chocolate Challenge is celebrating 20 years! Share the love and get something sweet in return. Enjoy your favorite programing with a side of handmade deluxe chocolates.
Donate Now and choose a box of Swiss Chocolate as a thank you gift for yourself, or share the love and send it to a friend. Chocolates will arrive in time for Valentine’s Day! You’ll also be automatically entered to win a box of Holl’s Chocolates every month for an entire year!
President Barack Obama speaks in Charleston Wednesday about West Virginia’s epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse.Obama also listens to parents, health and law enforcement issues about their struggles with drug abuse. He also discusses his proposal to increase addiction treatment funding by $133 million.
President Barack Obama wraps up the town hall meeting by commending local law enforcement and the parents involved in today’s discussion.
@barackobama just wrapped up a community discussion on drug addiction. Visit wvpublic.org for an archived stream and more coverage later in the day. A photo posted by West Virginia Public News (@wvpublicnews) on Oct 21, 2015 at 12:48pm PDT
Updated 3:40 p.m. Wednesday October 21, 2015
"Income and race make a different. The truth of the matter is poor communities are more vulnerable."- @POTUS Live https://t.co/VBZt1W9Gdg
Dr. Michael Brumage is Executive Director and Health Officer for the Kanawha-Charleston Health Dept. He’s been on the job 79 days. Says he knew mountaineers would take this challenge head-on because that’s the kind of people that are in the state.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will begin their own harm reduction program in Charleston in about 6 weeks, following the lead of the Cabell-Huntington Health Department.
Requires collaborative approach to be able to fix things.
Updated 3:10 p.m. Wednesday October 21, 2015
Cary Dixon is the mother of a recovering addict. She spoke for families that deal with an addicted family member. When they realize their family members are going through this there is initially embarrassment. Relieved at first when family members want treatment, but disappointed when they have to wait to get into treatment. She says they sleep better at night knowing children are incarcerated. She’s laid awake at night planning his funeral.
The full panel for President Obama's community center meeting on drug abuse. A photo posted by WMUL (@wmul_radio) on Oct 21, 2015 at 12:05pm PDT
Updated 3:00 p.m. Wednesday October 21, 2015
President Barack Obama:
“In 2012 259 million pain medicine prescriptions were written. Enough for every adult.”
“Four in five heroin users started out misusing prescription drugs.”
“Addiction can happen to a coal miner, construction worker, a cop who takes it for a work related injury or a doctor who writes the prescription.”
“We can’t fight this without eliminating stigma.”
Obama says rather than spending more money on putting addicts in jail, we can use the money to help them and use the savings on getting those that are supplying the drugs put away.
“This is an illness and we have to treat it as such.”
Obama mentions policy changes outlined in memorandum released this morning.
Obama says the goal today is realize this is happening to families all over the country. He says it’s happening in every neighborhood in the country. He says the goal is to shine a spotlight on the subject and hopefully get each person in attendance to do something about it when they leave.
Updated 2:45 p.m. Wednesday October 21, 2015
President Barack Obama introduced to packed East End Family Resource Center.
Updated 2:30 p.m. Wednesday October 21, 2015
President Barack Obama has arrived at the East End Family Resource Center. Senator Joe Manchin to introduce the topic.
Senator Joe Manchin:
“We have an epidemic that we haven’t done anything about.”
“Until we look at drug use as an illness more than a crime, we’re never going to cure it.”
President #Obama arrives in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon for a community forum on heroin and prescription drug abuse. #wvgazettemail photo by Christian Tyler Randolph. A photo posted by Charleston Gazette-Mail (@wvgazettemail) on Oct 21, 2015 at 12:00pm PDT
Updated 2:08 p.m. Wednesday October 21, 2015
President Barack Obama has exited Air Force One and is now headed to the East End.
#potus Presidential motorcade on the East End of Charleston. #obama #presidentobama A video posted by Mark Wolfe (@markwolfedesign) on Oct 21, 2015 at 11:50am PDT
President Obama issues memorandum on prescription drug abuse and heroin use.
Among the items in the memorandum. The President will require more training for doctors and nurses who work for the federal government on how to properly prescribe opioid medications, like oxycodone.
Federal agencies that provide health insurance will have to review their health plans to see if there are restrictions that keep those seeking care from accessing medication treatments for opoid abuse, like Suboxone.
These only apply to federal agencies, not private doctors or insurance plans, but the White House hopes to set an example. For the full memorandum visit link below:
For a second time, a West Virginia man is challenging the tobacco ban at state college campuses.
The Dominion Post reports that Dennis Cole filed a similar suit in 2013 and it was dismissed. His latest filing occurred this week in Monongalia County Circuit Court.
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors adopted the policy in 2012.
According to Cole’s lawsuit, the policy applies to any road or thoroughfare immediately adjacent or passing through WVU-owned property. The lawsuit also makes other claims about the tobacco policy.
Two major interstate projects have been proposed for West Virginia: The Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. The goal is to create infrastructure…
Two major interstate projects have been proposed for West Virginia: The Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. The goal is to create infrastructure that can carry natural gas from hydraulic fracturing operations in the Marcellus and Utica shale areas to markets in the East and South East.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline, or MVP, would begin in Wetzel County and tie into the Transco Pipeline in Pittsylvania County, Va., about 330 miles away. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, or ACP, would run about 550 miles from Harrison County through Virginia and end at Lumberton, N.C.
Both the ACP and MVP would be 42 inches in diameter, the largest transmission lines yet to be built in West Virginia. The lines would carry 2 billion cubic feet of gas per day up to 1,440 psi. Both projects require 125-foot temporary construction easements and 75-foot permanent easements. The lines would be buried about 3 feet underground.
Current routes show the lines would travel through parts of the Monongahela and George Washington and Jefferson National forests.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is currently reviewing both projects. If approved, construction on both projects is slated to begin in late 2016 or early 2017. The pipelines are expected to be in service by late 2018.
Opponents of the projects have cited health and safety concerns, among other issues.
Should there be a catastrophic failure of the line, the blast zone at full pressure could be up to 1,150 feet. The safe evacuation zone would be more than a mile away.
Several smaller inter-and intrastate lines are either in the works or have begun construction.
A Summary of Significant Pipeline Incidents in West Virginia (2003-2014):
According to data from the federal Pipeline Safety & Hazardous Materials Administration, 19 significant incidents have occurred in West Virginia between 2003 and 2014. The agency classifies incidents as “significant” when any of the following conditions are met: 1) Fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization. 2) $50,000 or more in total costs, measured in 1984 dollars. 3) Highly volatile liquid releases of 5 barrels or more or other liquid releases of 50 barrels or more. 4) Liquid releases resulting in an unintentional fire or explosion.
Between 2003 and 2014, significant incidents in West Virginia have resulted in:
This season’s premiere broadcast of Joy to the World featuring vocalist Heather Masse can be heard on West Virginia Public Broadcasting Tuesday, December 23 at 9pm, Wednesday December 24 at 9pm, and Thursday, December 25 at 3pm. The 21st annual holiday jazz show was recorded last December when the production went on the road for the first time, recording shows in Charleston, Elkins and Morgantown, WV . The show includes classic seasonal tunes like “The Christmas Waltz,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and an original song by Masse called “Mittens.” There’s also some modern arrangements of favorites “Silver Bells,” “Let It Snow,” and Joni Mitchell’s “River.”
Throughout the day December 25 our listeners will be treated to classic episodes of Joy to the World airing from 12am-6am, 9am-4pm and 6pm-midnight. Special guest vocalists you’ll hear include Catherine Russell, Tom Lellis, Kim Nalley, Dwight Lennox and Toni Lynn Washington & the Appalachian Children’s Chorus.
For those of you who were able to attend this season’s show with Mollie O’Brien, it will air at Christmas time next year. In the meantime, you can enjoy these videos from the television production.
Happy Holidays from all of us here at West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
