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