Kindness in West Virginia: Police Give Traffic Violators Gift Cards Instead of Tickets

Traffic violators in Charleston, West Virginia got a holiday reprieve when the police department handed out gift cards, instead of tickets.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 December 60 Views

'Go build a snowman': School Superintendent Declares Virtual Snow Day, Melting our Hearts on Twitter

In Jefferson County, West Virginia, school superintendent Bondy Shay Gibson just declared a virtual snow day.

By Roger Harper

18 December 71 Views

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 tap water for more than 300,000 people in West Virginia, and wanted to help. Angelina Sarro and her father, Frank, remembered the generosity of people who drove to their neighborhood of East Rockaway, New York after Superstorm Sandy bringing trucks loaded with water and food. Now they wanted to pay that kindness forward.

By Jeanne Goddard

23 January 68 Views

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 Virginia flea market. It turned out to be a 1879 Renoir, the impressionist masterpiece that's been missing since the 1920s, entitled Paysage Bords de Seine.

By Jeanne Goddard

13 September 68 Views

4-Yr-old Dreams of Taking Cop to Lunch for Her Birthday, See What He Did for Her

When a little girl wanted to take a police officer to lunch for her birthday, a local officer answered the call, and brought his own surprises, too.

By Jim Stout

14 June 63 Views

Before They Went on Strike, Teachers Packed Lunches to Make Sure Kids Wouldn't Miss a Meal

West Virginia educators weren't about to go on strike without ensuring that their low-income students were taken care of first.

By Jeanne Goddard

28 February 58 Views

Bloomberg Gives $3Mil to Job Training For Coal Communities in Decline

Bloomberg announced today a $3 million donation for organizations providing career training to coal workers — and you can contribute, too.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 April 76 Views

Town's Compassionate Approach Cuts Rates of Overdose by More Than Half - State to Adopt It

In less than a year since they implemented their "compassion-based" followup initiative, this town is experiencing fewer overdoses than ever.

By Tiffani Spengler

02 July 52 Views

Appalachian Coal Miners Who Lost Their Jobs Are Being Retrained as Beekeepers - for Free

As a means of lifting former coal miners out of poverty, this West Virginia nonprofit is retraining them to be beekeepers.

By Donald Crabtree

03 February 70 Views

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 - a rooftop solar array, assembled by unemployed and underemployed coal miners and contractors.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 February 59 Views

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 school system in a place where deprivation is layered on heartache. The AFT wants to improve education deep in the heart of Appalachia by simultaneously tackling the social and economic troubles of McDowell County.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 December 67 Views

This Yoga Class Leads Inmates to Find Freedom From Within

Yoga gives inmates in West Virginia prisons the mindfulness tools to help them cope and find freedom within.

By Dawn Nave

05 September 67 Views

First of its Kind in America: Plant Will Turn Trash Into Fuel in West Virginia

This plant will turn trash into coal replacement, reducing West Virginia CO2 emissions by 28,000 tons every year.

By Jim Stout

09 January 62 Views

Bearded Walmart Shopper Is Mistaken for Santa, Plays Along For Tot (WATCH)

It was a few weeks before Christmas, when all through Walmart, a few creatures were stirring, but especially a little girl who thought she spotted Santa.

By Tiffani Spengler

24 December 71 Views