A new program from West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s education team is giving children access to libraries near and far. Library Pathfinders is a virtual program that offers children in grades PK-5 the opportunity to visit their local community library — as well as several libraries across the state of West Virginia. WVPB's current partners include Burnsville Public Library, Mason County Library, Boone-Madison Public Library, Clay County Library and Webster-Addison Public Library.

On this West Virginia Morning, we examine Appalachian lore that often includes medicines made from plants and herbs to cure ailments. Also, in this show, we learn about some new research that found some unexpected species in the Ohio River.

Appalachian lore often includes medicines made from plants and herbs to cure ailments. A new book by Rebecca Linger and Dennis K. Flaherty examines the components of some of those traditional herbs to see just what effect they have and determine how best to use them.

This week we are looking back to 2010 when we recorded a special episode at The Clay Center with Dierks Bentley & The Travelin' McCourys, swing-style guitarist John Jorgenson and his Quintet, Canadian songwriter Fred Eaglesmith, Harmonica player and session legend Charlie McCoy, and guitar-icon Bill Kirchen.

The opioid crisis is at the center of a new project from West Virginia filmmaker Tijah Bumgarner.

Wildlife managers in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia have received an increasing number of reports about sick and dying birds in recent weeks, according to a statement from the U.S. Geological Survey.

West Virginia Democratic Party Chairwoman Belinda Biafore and three other prominent state party officials will hold onto their posts, even as pressure mounts on Biafore to resign from her position leading the state party.

A Beckley man was found dead on Monday afternoon in the New River National Park and Preserve. Authorities think 25-year-old Rudolpho “Rudy” Cerda drowned sometime over the last few days. His death marks the first drowning in the park this year.

Huntington and Cabell County were scheduled to finish calling witnesses this week in the sweeping trial. Now they have a few more days, but nearly a dozen witnesses remain.

On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginia’s state democratic party recently passed an affirmative action plan, but some party members are raising questions. Also, in this show, we have updates from Capitol Hill, on the West Virginia PROMISE scholarship, and a conversation with Appalachian filmmaker Nicole Riegel.