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Instead of relying entirely on prescription medicine to solve medical problems, healthcare providers at a free clinic in Wheeling, W.Va., are prescribing…

A local-food nonprofit based in the Northern Panhandle is busy this week reclaiming abandoned property. “Once upon a time this was the Lincoln Home site,”…

On West Virginia Morning, Glynis Board reports from Wheeling about what’s called a “food justice immersion program” to show college students what it’s…

A group of students from the University of Notre Dame just came to West Virginia for fall break. Instead of relaxing with friends, as many college…

This week half a dozen Catholic nuns arrived on a bus in Wheeling. The women are part of NETWORK, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, which…

It’s been more than 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the War on Poverty. During the 1960s, the Appalachian region was facing economic…

Momentum continues to mount behind local food and local economic development efforts in the Northern panhandle. Wheeling was one of the top picks in a…

Eight Appalachian Communities are Winners in a Local Foods, Local Places Grant Competition.Twenty-six communities were chosen from over 300 applicants in…

**Music by Sugar Short Wave.Like many towns across much of the state, Wheeling is home to a lot of abandoned, depressed, impoverished areas susceptible to…

 The West Virginia board of Education approves the purchase of land in Gilmer Co. to consolidate schools there but, it comes at a cost four times its…