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An annual summertime staple for West Virginia, the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta will return to Kanawha County this weekend with events running from Thursday, July 3 to Sunday, July 6.
First held in 1971, the regatta began as a two-day boat race. It grew into a wider summer celebration, bringing residents together for concerts, carnivals, community events and more. After a hiatus from 2009 to 2021, the regatta returned in 2022 and has been held annually since.
New events this year include regatta dinner cruises and sightseeing boat tours. The regatta carnival will also be held daily from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
This year’s regatta will also bring artists from different genres to Charleston for a weekend full of musical performances. Featured artists include Busta Rhymes, KC and the Sunshine Band, Carly Pearce, Josh Pantry, Jefferson Starship and more.
For more information on the regatta and a schedule of this year’s events, visit the regatta website.
Hillbilly Hotdogs is more than a typical West Virginia hotdog stand. It’s a bona fide roadside attraction. The lot is an eccentric collection of rustic-looking buildings covered in graffiti, repurposed school buses and reclaimed junk poking fun at hillbilly stereotypes.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA small Huntington bakery with a foreign flair is enjoying some national recognition. The Nomada Bakery in Huntington’s Heritage Station is USA Today’s "Best Cake Shop in the U.S.," rece...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, Inside Appalachia, dinos fight Civil War soldiers at a theme park throwback — Dinosaur Kingdom II in Natural Bridge, Virginia. Also, one person’s roadside weed is another’s “golden” treasure. So says a North Carolina fiber artist. And, the backstory of a bus that sits at the confluence of the New and Gauley rivers — and the man who put it there.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAcross the nation, there are more and more local news deserts; communities with no local newspaper, television or radio station to cover what’s going on. When a small town paper like The Welch News in McDowell County, WV, can’t compete and shuts down, losing those local eyes and ears can affect accountability because no one is there to watch over things. When local news sources vanish, a community can also lose its sense of cohesion and identity. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. This story was also honored with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Documentary and by the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters for Best Documentary.
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