Folk music is not the easiest way to make a living, but artists still find a way to balance making music with putting food on the table. Mason Adams traveled to MidMountain arts collective in Virginia, where he spoke with both veteran folksingers and emerging talents.
On this episode of The Legislature Today, Emily Rice sits down with Del. Amy Summers, R-Taylor, and Sen. Charles Trump, R-Morgan, to discuss why the Department of Health and Human Resources was broken up into three separate agencies and how it is going.
Also, West Virginia has been widely touted as an energy state. But it isn’t just coal and natural gas anymore. The largest solar facility in the state came online this month in Monongalia County. Curtis Tate brings us this look.
It was Fair Shake Network Day at the Capitol. This statewide grassroots organization is dedicated to getting a “fair shake” for people with disabilities and clings to the belief that diversity makes communities stronger.
And, the House Judiciary Committee debated House Bill 4595 relating to LOCHRA – the legislative oversight commission on health and human resources accountability.
Finally, the Senate School Choice Committee received an update on the state’s charter schools.
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Dozens of people packed into a farmhouse at a Martinsburg apple orchard Thursday for a regional forum on food business, and the federal and state financial support available to food entrepreneurs in the Appalachian region.
On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from a West Virginia Division of Natural Resources biologist about a program to give new habitats to local fish with old Christmas trees, and from The Allegheny Front learning how to identify the trees around us.