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After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created A Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning.
The rain came hard and fast early on the morning of June 23, 2016. By 2 p.m., water was knee deep in Bill Bell’s appliance store on Main Street in… Read More
Report Finds Many Ohio Valley Communities At Deep Disadvantage in Health, Wealth
A new report finds the Ohio Valley has some of the most disadvantaged communities in the country. The study comes from the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions, an initiative to eliminate or… Read More
New Protections Proposed For Imperiled Crayfish Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is proposing new protections for two threatened species of crayfish found in the Appalachian coalfields. Under the new proposed rule, published Tuesday in the Federal… Read More
High Waters, More Hazardous Cargo Complicate Job of Keeping Ohio Watershed Safe
Just before dawn in January 2018, 27 barges were floating like a net along the banks of the Ohio River, downstream of the city of Pittsburgh. Instead of fish, the… Read More
Bankrupt Blackjewel Coal Still Racking Up Environmental Violations, Officials Warn
An attorney for the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet told a federal judge Wednesday that the bankrupt coal company Blackjewel has accrued nearly 300 environmental violations since it entered bankruptcy… Read More
New Testing Reveals ‘Forever Chemicals’ In More Water Systems Across OH, PA, U.S.
New testing by the Environmental Working Group has identified the presence of toxic fluorinated chemicals, broadly known as PFAS, in the tap water of dozens of cities across the U.S. where… Read More
Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned
Ohio Valley farmers planted more than 27,000 acres of hemp last year — about four times more than in 2018 — to cash in on a booming market for popular… Read More
Grocers in Rural Coal Country Struggle to Stay in Business
There’s a picture frame on the wall next to the customer service desk in the IGA in Inez, Kentucky. Inside the frame is a scrap of beige meat-counter paper, on… Read More
More Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage a Coal Train Blockade
For the second time since summer, eastern Kentucky coal miners are blockading a railroad track to protest unpaid wages. The new blockade, which was started Monday afternoon by Quest Energy… Read More
Regional Reaction to Iran: Ohio Valley Lawmakers Split on U.S. Killing of Iranian Commander
Congressional members around the Ohio Valley offered mixed reactions to the U.S. airstrike that killed one of Iran’s top military officers and pushed the two countries closer to war. Most… Read More
Innovating Recovery: Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis
After years of leading the nation in overdose death rates, Ohio Valley communities are looking for new ways to deal with the addiction crisis. A national nonprofit organization promotes and… Read More
After Nearly A Decade Of Anxiety Over Pensions, Coal Miners See Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Union coal miners and retirees breathed a collective sigh of relief after the U.S. Senate passed a spending bill that includes support for miners’ pensions, which had been at risk… Read More
Rising Waters: Aging Levees, Climate Change And The Challenge To Hold Back The Ohio River
When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past. The longtime journalist and local historian is… Read More
Two Decades of Resistance: Coal River Mountain Watch Takes Stock at 20
Coal River Mountain Watch’s history of resistance to mountaintop coal mining is plastered across the wood-paneled walls of the group’s modest office in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Framed photos, many… Read More
Study Shows Surface Coal Miners are Exposed to Toxic Dust that Causes Black Lung
Appalachian surface coal miners are consistently overexposed to toxic silica dust, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and surface mine dust contains more silica… Read More
Mountain Air: Youth Help Identify Causes of Ohio Valley’s High Lung Disease Rates
Isabella Back, 18, pulls her jacket tight around herself as she crosses the gravel driveway. “So we’re going about 10 feet from my house to my dad’s workshop,” she says,… Read More
While FDA Warns CBD Companies, Ohio Valley Industry Continues to Grow
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent out 15 letters last week warning some companies that sell cannabidiol, or CBD, about making unfounded medical claims regarding the effects of the hemp-derived compound…. Read More
‘Dark Waters’ Puts PFAS Saga on Big Screen as Ohio Valley Contamination Comes to Light
The new film “Dark Waters” depicts the real-life story of the 20-year battle waged by attorney Rob Bilott against chemical giant DuPont. We meet Bilott, played by Mark Ruffalo, as… Read More
MSHA Comment Period Shows Divide on Measures to Protect Miners Health
The comment period has closed for the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s proposed rule on respirable silica, a major contributor to skyrocketing rates of lung disease among coal miners. The… Read More
Black Lung Trust Fund Likely Burdened by Murray Bankruptcy
The recent bankruptcy of Murray Energy is likely to significantly increase the debt of a struggling federal trust fund that supports disabled miners’ health care expenses. According to court filings, Murray… Read More
Ohio Valley Residents Among Millions in America Lacking Access to Clean Water, Sanitation
Communities across the Ohio Valley are among an estimated 2 million Americans that do not have consistent access to clean drinking water and basic indoor plumbing, according to a report… Read More
Homelessness and Health Costs: This Kentucky Mom Faced Cancer While Living in Her Car
Cancer was what finally pushed Kristi Reyes into living in her car. The mother of four had worked all her life, starting at age 7 when she helped out at… Read More
Portal 31: How A Closed Mine Opened New Prospects For One Coal Town
Devin Mefford is sitting in the squat metal buggy of a modified mantrip, the train-like shuttle coal miners use to travel underground. Mefford is dressed for work, in a hardhat… Read More
EPA Proposes Changes to Federal Coal Ash, Wastewater Rules
Federal environmental regulators released proposed changes to two rules related to the disposal of coal ash and wastewater from coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its third… Read More
Murray Energy’s Bankruptcy Could Bring Collapse of Coal Miners’ Pensions
The recent bankruptcy of Ohio Valley coal giant Murray Energy has renewed fears about the already shaky financial foundations of the pension plan that tens of thousands of miners and their families… Read More
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