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West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s energy and environment reporter Brittany Patterson returns to lead a conversation on West Virginia’s struggling coal industry. We’re also joined by senior reporter Dave Mistich and reporter Emily Allen to discuss the latest news from the Capitol.
Part-two of our focus on West Virginia’s major energy sectors focuses on coal.
House Energy Chairman Del. Bill Anderson, R-Wood, and House Energy Committee member Del. Mike Caputo, D-Marion, joins Brittany Patterson on set for a discussion about the resource’s future in the Mountain State.
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Patterson also brings us a story looking at the state’s most state-of-the-art coal-burning power plant.
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Lawmakers in both West Virginia and Virginia have been looking at ways to make power bills more affordable, but their approaches are very different. We spoke with economists, politicians and ratepayers to learn why tensions between the two states may be driving up costs.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, some unusual things are happening in the leadup to the state's primary elections next month. A Marshall political science professor shares some perspective.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWith the war in Iran now in its second month, many questions remain about the motivations for and the objectives of the conflict. Ace Parsi’s family left Iran for the U.S. because of the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. He shared his perspective on the situation with reporter Chris Schulz.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAmerica’s rural hospitals are closing at an alarming pace. That’s become a concern in many parts of West Virginia. We look at nearby Tennessee, which has the highest hospital closure rate in the nation – but also some shining examples of hope. WPLN’s Health Reporter Catherine Sweeney takes us to Linden – a Tennessee town where the shuttered hospital there has recently reopened.
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