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One of America’s greatest contributions to world culture … is hip hop. A new compilation documents what it sounds like across Appalachia. Also people in the region love their local water sprin...
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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDuring the Great Depression, the river town of Osage, West Virginia was a raucous, little place. It’s sleepier now, but music is keeping the magic alive. Also, after six generations, the struggle to k...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHawks Nest Tunnel is a landmark in West Virginia — a place in Fayette County, West Virginia, where much of the New River is diverted through a mountain to generate hydropower before it rejoins the river near Gauley Bridge. It’s also the site of a hist...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn the 1930s, hundreds of mostly African American workers died digging the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel. A photographer brings their stories to life in a new book. Also, when Jerry Machen began making art...
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