This story was produced in partnership with CNN. David Leone has spent the past seven months trying to stay clean. Now he just wants to stay alive. Until a few weeks ago, Leone, 40, was a resident of the Shepherd’s House in Lexington, Kentucky, where he was in recovery for […]
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While the coronavirus pandemic has all but halted out-of-state travelers and tourism in West Virginia, there are ways for residents to safely leave home, enjoy some local sites and learn a little history along the way. Civil War Trails, a nonprofit based in Williamsburg, Virginia, offers visitors more than 1,200 […]
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Crowds of mostly white protesters have defied Ohio’s stay-at-home order without arrest, while in several of the state’s biggest jurisdictions, police departments have primarily arrested Black people for violating the order. On April 17 in Toledo, Ohio, a 19-year-old Black man was arrested for violating the state stay-at-home order. In […]
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With lockdowns and epidemic restrictions in place, the Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association organized a live bull auction online, keeping 40 years of tradition going. It’s March 28th, Phillip Bundy sits in the cab of his tractor with the Southwest Bull Test Sale catalog in his lap and his phone […]
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As West Virginia continues to reopen its economy, Gov. Jim Justice and public health officials have called for more personal protective equipment, more testing and a plan for contact tracing. Contact tracing is an important part of making sure highly contagious diseases like the coronavirus don’t spread. The practice helps tell […]
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The state’s first coronavirus outbreaks began in cities, but the virus spread to rural areas. Recent data shows a disproportionate burden of cases per capita there. Coronavirus arrived late to Columbus County, but it caught on quickly. When the rural county’s health department reported its first case on March 28, […]
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