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They’re known as the hippie homesteaders. People who moved to West Virginia in the late 1960s and 1970s to live off of the land. Some considered themselves as hippies, but others just wanted to leave urban environments for rural America.
A new book by Carter Taylor Seaton, Hippie Homesteaders: Arts, Crafts, Music and Living on the Land in West Virginia, examines the impact these people had on West Virginia.
You can find out more about this book at this website.
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Shepherdstown chef Mary Ellen Diaz, head chef of restaurant Alma Bea in Shepherdstown, is a finalist for the 2026 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Southeast.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHigh school athletes interested in transferring schools will have to do it as Freshmen and Sophomores to retain their eligibility.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFifteen years ago, when Maddie McGarvey was a sophomore at Ohio University, she took on a project to document grandparents raising their grandchildren. That led her to meet 3-year-old Paige Casto and her family. She’s been photographing them ever since. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff spoke with McGarvey.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThousands of people at roughly 20 different events in West Virginia last weekend joined "No Kings" protests against President Trump and the actions of his administration. Also, we learn about the cosmos above the Mountain State in our latest episode of our occasional series, Almost Heavens.
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