Veterans

In this episode of Inside Appalachia, you’ll hear the story of Iraq War veteran Mark Combs. He left Appalachia to become a comedian, trying his luck first in California, then in Colorado. Along the way, homesickness hit Combs especially hard. His story is part of our reporting projec "The Struggle To Stay," which has won national awards.

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear about a project highlighting issues women experience while incarcerated and after release. Also, we bring you a story that takes a closer look at the coronavirus pandemic's impact on veterans, and we share an excerpt from the latest episode of the Us & Them podcast.

On this West Virginia Morning, with West Virginians historically serving in the military at high rates, Veteran’s Day is a day that means a lot to a whole lot of people in the state. In this show, we celebrate and remember our Mountain State men and women in service.

A sentencing date has been set for a woman who pleaded guilty in July of murdering at least seven men at a veteran’s hospital in Clarksburg.U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh has set sentencing for Reta Mays for February 18th and 19th.Mays, a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, pleaded guilty to murdering the veterans by injecting them with unneeded insulin.

A West Virginia woman is behind bars after admitting to killing at least seven people at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Clarksburg where she worked as a…

Reta Mays was charged with killing seven patients by injecting them with insulin. She worked as a nursing assistant on the night shift at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Clarksburg.

You can still find West Virginians sporting WW2 and Korean War vet hats, wars that were fought more than 70 years ago, as well as hats representing…

We discuss West Virginia’s children in crisis with members of a newly formed Public Health caucus. Also, West Virginia’s veterans were honored at the…

We highlight the multiple challenges West Virginia’s active military members and veterans face, and we explore legislation addressing many of those…

Many Americans may have forgotten that Veterans Day began as a commemoration of World War I veterans. NPR's Kathleen Rushlow remembers her grandfather, who served in the 12th Machine Gun Battalion.