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Energy & Environment Briana Heaney,

Residents Along Contaminated Creek Just Want Clean Water

In Pineville, West Virginia, a town of 500, residents filled up the front rows of the county courtroom recently. They came to hear the latest legal update on a battle some have been fighting for generations - securing clean water. Bobby Lee Keen and his wife Patsy attended the hearing.  “How come they have people living like they're in a third world country and the United States of America?” asks Bobby Keen.

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Energy & Environment Briana Heaney,

Historic Floods Leave Rural Community With Questions

Moments after she ended the call the river had breached its five-foot banks. She looked up stream and saw waves of turbulent water coming towards her.  "It literally looked like the dam opened," Anna Goodnight said.

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WVPB News Brittany Patterson,

WVU Professor Discusses West Virginia's Climate Future

Hotter, wetter and drier — this is what the climate of West Virginia could look like in the future. That’s according to new research by Nicolas Zegre, a…

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