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Encore: The Grand March And A Year After A Denied Abortion, Inside Appalachia

This week, for nearly a century, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in Tennessee. So what happens after a birth? A photographer followed one mother for a year. And, new prisons are touted as a way to bring jobs to former coal communities. Not everybody agrees the trade-off is worth it.

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Constructing Homes In Huntington And A Campaign For Clean Water in Appalachia, This West Virginia Week

Leaders of Huntington want commuters who work in the city to have a home there -- they've got a plan. And a campaign to help those in need access clean water looks at the unique challenges in Appalachia.

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Monthlong Online Fundraiser Brings Global Attention To Local Water Issues 

George McGraw is CEO of DigDeep, one of the #TeamWater campaign’s U.S. partners that works to ensure that every American has access to a working tap and toilet at home.

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McDowell County Citizens Bear Costs For Clean Drinking Water

Rev. Caitlin Ware is a United Methodist minister in Jackson County who works with the denomination’s Disaster Response Team. The team has been working for the past 13 months to distribute clean drinking water in small communities throughout southern Wes...

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