Bluefield

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from residents of Bluefield, where one of the state’s only citizen review panels for local police exist. Also, in this show, we hear about the latest pushback to the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

On this West Virginia Morning, across the country many Black Lives Matter advocates are pushing for a tool that helps citizens police the police — a citizen review panel. One town is West Virginia has had one for decades. Also, in this show, we hear regional reports on the coronavirus pandemic and voter turnout.

The city of Bluefield created one of the state's only groups for civilian oversight of local police in 2000. Today, officials say the group has been out of compliance with the federal order that created it.

On July 6, 1950, the Starland Theatre opened along U.S. Route 52, four miles east of Welch. The drive-in—the first in McDowell County—was the brainchild…

In 1998, two white police officers in Bluefield were accused of beating and dragging a young black man, paralyzing him from the neck down. He died in…

On this West Virginia Morning, protests against police brutality and racism continue across West Virginia; we bring you reports from Charleston and…

On February 21, 1895, the legislature established the Bluefield Colored Institute, which would become Bluefield State College.In the late 1800s and early…

On October 29, 1956, the legendary R&B bandleader Louis Jordan recorded his third and final version of one of the most unusual songs about West Virginia.…

The makers of TurboTax and QuickBooks are bringing 200 to 500 jobs to West Virginia.News outlets report Intuit Inc. has announced it's building a…

"I like my tunes and melodies to be disarming and my themes to be disturbing. It is my exact intent."From West Virginia Public Broadcasting and A Change…