On this West Virginia Morning, teaching is the career that all other careers are built on, but recently West Virginia has struggled to fill vacancies in classrooms. Chris Schulz continues our new radio series “Help Wanted: Understanding West Virginia’s Labor Force” by exploring the struggle to keep the state’s schools staffed.

On this West Virginia Morning, the historic flooding in central and southern West Virginia washed away houses, vehicles and caused damage to roads and homes in the area. Briana Heaney has the story.

On this West Virginia Morning, staffing shortages place an immense strain on the entire health care system. They leave hospitals and medical centers overwhelmed and unable to provide optimal care for patients. Appalachia Health News Reporter Emily Rice continues our radio series. “Help Wanted: Understanding West Virginia’s Labor Force.”

On this West Virginia Morning, we listen to the latest story from The Allegheny Front about turning part of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania into a National Marine Sanctuary.

This week, we drop by Flat Five Studio in Salem, Virginia. It had a reputation for recording bluegrass bands, but caught a big break in the early 1990s when the Dave Matthews Band needed a quiet place to record its debut album. We also learn a little about primordial forests, and we visit a small nonprofit company in West Virginia that’s making solar powered light kits for families in war-torn Ukraine.

On this West Virginia Morning, a summit at Marshall University will explore critical interventions against xylazine in the opioid crisis. Also, in this show, this week’s Inside Appalachia episode makes a visit to the Flat Five Studio in western Virginia.

On this West Virginia Morning, as part of our continuing series on West Virginia’s workforce, we look at the demands for nurses, during the pandemic and now. Emily Rice brings us this story.

On this West Virginia Morning, a free health fair Tuesday offered the community of Oak Hill the opportunity to be tested for respiratory problems and black lung disease.

On this West Virginia Morning, students at WVU protested the school’s proposed program cuts on Monday, and we hear about new documentary "Peerless City."

On this West Virginia Morning, a levy funding battle between one West Virginia county’s school, library and parks systems could have statewide implications.

Also, Briana Heaney sat down with the longest serving state Senator in state history.