Home Search
"West Virginia" - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Kindness in West Virginia: Police Give Traffic Violators Gift Cards Instead of Tickets
When drivers in Charleston, West Virginia heard the sirens of police cars behind them last week, many got a holiday reprieve to brighten their...
First of its Kind in America: Plant Will Turn Trash Into Fuel in West Virginia
Construction has started on the first of its kind plant in the U.S. designed to convert trash into fuel.
Entsorga broke ground on the 48,000...
New York Trio Hauls Van Full of Clean Water to People in West Virginia
I've got an incredible story for you that starts with a high school senior who heard about the toxic chemical spill that poisoned the...
Woman Buys Renoir Masterpiece for $7 In West Virginia Flea Market
A Maryland woman didn't recognize the priceless painting when she bought it in a box of knick knacks for seven dollars in a West...
Teachers Union Leads Effort to Turn Around Poverty and Learning in West Virginia Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering...
Solar Power Reaches West Virginia Coalfields
A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a first for West Virginia's southern coalfields region this week -...
Good News in History, May 10
200 years ago today, the National Gallery opened its doors to the public in Trafalgar Square, Westminster. It houses a collection of over 2,300...
Pyrite May Be Known as Fool’s Gold, but It Actually Contains a Kind of Green Gold: Lithium
Appalachian mining country seems an unlikely place to find a potential breakthrough in renewable energy, but samples of mine tailings in West Virginia have...
Good News in History, March 27
76 years ago today, a mere 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday played in front of a sold-out crowd...
Good News in History, March 26
49 years ago today, the Biological Weapons Convention, (BWC) entered into force. It's considered to have established a strong global norm against biological weapons...
Number of Electric School Buses More than Doubled in the U.S. in Past Year
According to the World Resources Institute, the number of electric school buses operating or delivered in the United States more than doubled—from 598 in...
Starbucks Workers Raise Over $40K for Beloved Barista After Her Car Was Burglarized
Recently, hordes of West Virginia college kids who "couldn't afford a cup of coffee" shelled out five dollars to help a motherly Starbucks barista...
Good News in History September 12
92 years ago today, the English actor Sir Ian Holm was born. He became a successful actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company before launching...
Good News in History, September 11
On this day across history, imperial aggression was resisted or rolled back by indigenous peoples in both the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest (9)...
City Sparrows Make Better Dads Than Their Country Cousins, Says New Research
Despite being more aggressive in defending their territory, sparrows that live in urban areas find more time to visit the nest and feed their...
Good News in History, August 26
On this day in 1949, jazz singer Leon Redbone was born in Nicosia, British Cyprus. As American as one might perceive Redbone as being...
Good News in History, August 14
86 years ago today, the National Scenic Trail known as the Appalachian Trail was completed by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Claimed to be the...
A Paramedic Saved a Veteran’s Life –And 7 Years Later Saved His Daughter, Too
Ohio resident Molly Jones was worried about the possibility of leaving her 15-year-old daughter behind in the event of her death from autosomal dominant...
Good News in History, July 4
19 years ago today, in quite unbelievable fashion, Greece beat Portugal 1-0 to become European champions for the first time in her history. Several...
Man Builds Cozy Treehouse to Post on AirBnB and Earns Enough to Quit His Job (LOOK)
Keen to quit his day job, a West Virginian has built a quaint, beautifully furnished treehouse for Airbnb.
It will pair with his other, rather...