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West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
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Home » Hear Solas, Michael Martin Murphey & More on This Week's Broadcast of Mountain Stage
PublishedThis week’s all new broadcast of Mountain Stage features a performance by Irish-American supergroup Solas, along with cosmic cowboy Michael Martin Murphey, Logan Brill, Mark Mulcahy, and Sean Keane.
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On April 5, 2010, the day after Easter, a series of explosions rocked the Upper Big Branch mine near Montcoal in Raleigh County.Twenty-nine men died,…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn March 9, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill creating the Appalachian Regional Commission, known as the ARC. The agency’s goal was to bring impoverished areas of Appalachia into the mainstream American economy. While the ARC serves parts of 13 states, West Virginia is the only one that lies entirely within the boundaries of Appalachia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn March 8, 1963, the West Virginia Legislature adopted blue and “old gold” as the official state colors.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn January 26, 1960, 17-year-old guard Danny Heater of Burnsville High School scored a record-breaking 135 points in a basketball game against Widen High School. He easily shattered the previous state high school record of 74 and the national record of 120.
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