Mountain State Morning

This week on the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Mountain State Morning, we're bringing you details about StoryCorps' visit to Charleston. We also have the latest figures from the recently legalized sports betting in West Virginia. Finally, we sit down with News Editor Leann Ray to talk about how she's bringing back FlipSide, the source of all things teen.

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This week on the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Mountain State Morning, we sit down with reporter Jennifer Gardner to talk about her story on a Naval Ordnance Plant that had a major impact on South Charleston. We're also talking about recent numbers on overdose deaths and how some University of Tennessee students are coming to Charleston to study the mall.

This week on the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Mountain State Morning, we're talking about Gov. Jim Justice's appointments onto the West Virginia Supreme Court and a statue and scholarship unveiled this weekend honoring scientist Katherine Johnson. Finally, we sit down with outdoors reporter John McCoy to preview this year's whitewater rafting season.

This week on the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Mountain State Morning, we discuss cuts to Kanawha County Schools teacher positions. We'll also be talking about the approval of up to $80 million in funding to upgrade West Virginia's state parks. Finally, we sit down with watchdog reporter Ken Ward Jr. to discuss an investigation into the way state and federal regulators have greenlighted major natural gas pipeline projects.

This week on the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Mountain State Morning, we discuss the articles of impeachment against the West Virginia Supreme Court justices and Justice Robin Davis' resignation, a petition to get Don Blankenship on the ballot for U.S. Senate some say they were tricked into signing, and the story of a restored boardwalk in Webster Springs.

This week on the Gazette-Mail's Mountain State Morning, we talk about the latest in the West Virginia Supreme Court investigations and who's filing to run for one of the bench's vacancies. We're also talking about Randy Moss' induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the mark he left on the Kanawha Valley.

This week on the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Mountain State Morning, we talk about the latest news on the West Virginia Supreme Court -- including a resigning justice pleading guilty to wire fraud -- and the skyrocketing costs for one Roads to Prosperity project. We'll also talk to features editor Maria Young about a harrowing dog rescue that has captured a community's heart.

This week, we're previewing two opioid epidemic forums happening in Charleston and Huntington. We're also talking about a new study that sheds light on the prevalence of black lung disease.

Finally, we're talking to Gazette-Mail John McCoy about "Wings of Wonder," a bird show at West Virginia's state parks.

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A breakdown of testimony from officials about West Virginia's flood recovery program, the beginning of impeachment proceedings for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the sights and sounds of the Putnam County Fair. 

We're talking about the state's $150 million flood recovery program, a federal investigation into a state supreme court justice and a new documentary now on Netflix that takes place at a drug addiction treatment community in northern West Virginia.

Mountain State Morning is a weekly update on important stories from West Virginia's Charleston Gazette-Mail.

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