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Amid Black Lung Surge Pulmonary Rehab Brings Hope To Disabled Miners
Marcy Tate grew up in southwest Virginia in a coal mining family. “My father-in-law was a coal miner, my father was a coal miner, my grandfather was a coal miner,… Read More
Data Dives And Shoe Leather: How NPR’s Howard Berkes Investigated Appalachia’s Black Lung Epidemic
NPR is reporting that more than two thousand coal miners are now suffering from the most severe form of black lung disease, Progressive Massive Fibrosis, or PMF. And despite clear warnings, investigative… Read More
Black Lung, Red Ink: Residents Press McConnell As Deadline Looms For Black Lung Fund
On a cool but clear November day about a dozen residents from eastern Kentucky’s coal mining region crowded into the lobby of an office building in the small town of… Read More
Census Data Show Some KY Counties Among Nation’s Poorest
New data from the Census Bureau show eastern Kentucky is still struggling with poverty and lagging far behind national and state averages in terms of income. The Bureau’s latest American Community… Read More
Digging For Answers: New Report Points To Industry Obfuscation Of Mining’s Health Effects
Jason Walker spends $50 per month on bottled water. He spends three hours each week standing by the small stream that runs near his house, pumping creek water into a… Read More
Mine Workers Sue Federal Regulators Over Controversial Mine Safety Decision
The United Mine Workers of America is suing the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA, after the agency reduced its heightened oversight of a West Virginia coal mine… Read More
Fracking’s Next Boom? Petrochemical Plants Fuel Debate Over Jobs, Pollution
More than 100 people braved freezing temperatures to both listen and have their say in front of Ohio environmental officials at a recent hearing in Belmont County, Ohio. For the… Read More
CDC Data Show Ohio Valley Still Has Nation’s Highest Overdose Death Rates
New federal data show the Ohio Valley again led the nation in rates of fatal drug overdoses last year. The data confirm what local officials have reported: Synthetic opioids are… Read More
GOP Tax Bill Would Extend Endangered Funding for Disabled Miners
As Appalachian coal miners suffer from a historic surge in black lung disease, a federal trust fund that supports some of those miners has been scheduled to lose a significant… Read More
“A Failure Of Public Health.” Sexually Transmitted Diseases Rise As Health Budgets Fall
Health officials are tracking record-breaking rates of sexually transmitted disease, including a resurgence of some infections which had been considered rare, such as gonorrhea and syphilis. These STDs are on the… Read More
Shading Out Solar: State Policies In Ohio Valley Dim Future Of Energy Jobs
When Jennie and Brian Kahly decided to move to a 150-acre family farm in West Virginia’s Preston County, they thought a lot about what type of farmers they wanted to… Read More
Groups Say Smart Reclamation Of Mine Lands Could Be “Appalachia’s New Deal”
From solar farms in Virginia to a green energy subdivision in Kentucky, a new report by a group of regional advocacy organizations highlights 20 ready-made projects across the Ohio Valley that could… Read More
State Worker Safety Plans: ‘The Good, The Bad And The Ugly’
Fifteen minutes before his shift was to end on November 8, 2017, Lariat Rope, a thickset man of 55, tumbled into a pit of scalding water at Sapa Extrusions North… Read More
A Teenager Dies On The Job. His Family’s Work Begins
Grant Oakley’s second day of work was the last day of his life. Seventeen, sandy-haired and tall, Grant liked to fish, tinker with motorcycles with his father, Mike, and play… Read More
How Kentucky Is Failing Its Workers
While most of the Meade County public works crew finished their lunches, Pius “Gene” Hobbs was raking along the edge of the road, oblivious to the dump truck backing quickly… Read More
A Data Dive Into The Ohio Valley Midterm Election Results
The “Blue Wave” that broke in some midterm races around the country hit a “Red Wall” in the Ohio Valley, and while the Democrats will take control of the House… Read More
KY Coal Mine That Belonged To WV Governor Causes Damaging Floods Again
The rain started around 10:30 p.m. By midnight, the creek in front of Elvis and Laura Thackers’ house had swelled to a mighty flood, uprooting trees, moving boulders and surging… Read More
Healthy Debate: Ohio Valley Health Concerns Driving Competitive Midterm Races
The political ads in the Ohio Valley are playing on what seems like a constant loop. That’s not unusual for election season. But what is unusual this year is how… Read More
Ohio Valley Lawmakers Helped Shape Bipartisan Bill On Opioid Crisis
A year after President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, he signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to bolster law enforcement efforts and expand addiction treatment and… Read More
Pensions At The Polls: Will Concern Over Shaky Plans Show Up On Election Day?
Thousands of union coal miners and their families gathered this summer in Columbus, Ohio, wielding signs and wearing camouflage United Mine Workers of America shirts. UMWA President Cecil Roberts led… Read More
The Doctor And The Epidemic: Three Years At Ground Zero Of The Opioid Crisis
When Dr. Rahul Gupta started work as West Virginia’s chief health officer his state was already ground zero for the opioid epidemic, with some of the nation’s highest rates of… Read More
Companies Sue WV Gov.’s Family Companies Over Debts But Find Bank Accounts Empty
The Justice family companies’ difficulties paying taxes over the years are well documented. But tax collectors haven’t been the only ones trying to recover debts from companies once operated by West Virginia Gov…. Read More
West Virginia And Kentucky College Students Still Struggle to Pay Back Loans
New research this month shows that West Virginia and Kentucky have some of the nation’s worst rates of student loan defaults. West Virginia had the highest and Kentucky the fourth-highest… Read More
Driving While Recovering: For Some Fighting Addiction, A Roadblock On The Path To Sobriety
After decades of addiction to heroin and prescription opioids, Wendy Crites finally made a clean break. “For the first time in my life I just wanted to be off of… Read More
New Ohio Data Show Sharp Increase In Overdose Deaths From The Opioid Fentanyl
New official state data from the Ohio Department of Health show 4,854 people died of drug overdoses in 2017, a 20 percent increase from the previous year. The new data add to… Read More
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