Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

Take Me to More News

Home » Archives for Wendy Welch

Wendy Welch

Energy & Environment Wendy Welch, Jun. 03, 2025

Williamson School Becomes Focus Of After-Flood Recovery

Colton Copley and Greg Williams are cousins and eighth graders at Williamson PK8 School in Mingo County. When the rain started, they were hopeful. Recalling it, they spoke overtop of each other in their excitement. ...

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, May. 30, 2025

Cicadas, Wild Mushrooms And Sinkholes, Inside Appalachia

This week, cicadas are emerging again. They’re an important food source for wildlife — and even some people. Also, morel mushrooms are a forager’s delight, but don’t shortcut cleaning them. We follow along with mushroom hunters and talk to a chef. And, sinkholes can cause a lot of damage. But they’re also fascinating.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Arts & Culture Wendy Welch, Apr. 30, 2025

Poison Ivy Cures Can Be Found In The Woods

For all the products on pharmacy shelves, people still use folk remedies for common ailments. Like the itchy rash that comes from poison ivy. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch spoke with two health professionals about where folk cures and mainstream medicine overlap.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Apr. 25, 2025

Coal And Coal Miners, Inside Appalachia

This week, some politicians and coal companies call themselves friends of coal, but one journalist says they don’t seem to be friends of coal miners. Also, what not to do if you get poison ivy. And, pepperoni rolls were a staple in the coal mines. But public schools might be why they caught on.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Recent Stories

Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Apr. 18, 2025

Springtime Arrives, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, we head to the woods for a master class in foraging for wild mushrooms. And the woman behind the popular TikTok account “Appalachian Forager” makes jam from pawpaws and jewelry from coyote teeth. We also visit the Alleghany Highlands, where mountain maple syrup traditions are changing with the times.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Mar. 28, 2025

Fust, The Price Of Eggs And Helvetia's Fasnacht, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, Aaron Dowdy of alt country band Fust took an outside path to becoming a songwriter Also, egg prices are up. Some folks are talking about raising backyard chickens. And, Helvetia, West Virginia’s old world Fasnacht festival continues to grow, in part because of an online video game. Organizers are OK with it.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Load More Articles