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Arts & Culture Mason Adams, About 6 hours ago

Roanoke Library Hosts Long-Running Dungeons & Dragons Game

Dungeons & Dragons, or D&D for short, is a roleplaying game that allows players to inhabit characters in a fantasy setting. They work together to battle monsters, find treasure and tell a shared story in which they’re all the main characters. Youth Services Librarian Jeffrey Wood ran a recent session, guiding a group of young teenagers through an adventure involving a sheep, a dragon made of furniture and a few other creatures.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jun. 27, 2025

Dungeons & Dragons And Remembering Jean Horner, Inside Appalachia

This week, for 15 years, a Virginia library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game night for teens. It can get a little wacky. Also, we remember renowned Tennessee luthier, Jean Horner, whose fiddles were played at Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole Opry. And, a Hare Krishna community in West Virginia serves vegetarian food made in three sacred kitchens.

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Government Eric Douglas, Jun. 26, 2025

What’s In The Barrels? Kris Warner Wants To Know

Secretary of State Kris Warner is seeking the public's help to solve the mystery of the two wooden barrels featured at the foot of the miner on the West Virginia State Seal.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jun. 20, 2025

Mission Hospital And Revitalizing The Cherokee Language, Inside Appalachia

This week, Inside Appalachia,, a hospital in Western North Carolina was bought out. Residents say the quality of care has gone down. Also, an immersion school in North Carolina is trying to revitalize the Cherokee language with the help of a printmaking class. And, a pair of artists follow cicada hatchings to make art from their shells.

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Arts & Culture Maria Young, Jun. 19, 2025

W.Va. Recognizes Juneteenth As Officials Call For State Holiday

From Shepherdstown to Huntington, celebrations statewide recognized the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to let people enslaved there know that they were free.

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Arts & Culture Tiara Brown, Jun. 19, 2025

Farmer Grows Workforce Training Program In Former Coal Camp

In the early 20th century, the coal industry was booming in Appalachia. That made the region a destination for Black migrants from the Deep South, who were moving northward in search of new jobs. Black communities thrived in Appalachia during the boom. But as coal employment declined, Black coal camps began to dwindle. Now, a West Virginia man is reviving one of those coal camps — through farming. Tiara Brown reports with support from Black By God, the West Virginian.

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