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West Virginia is embarking on a tourism advertising push using John Denver’s iconic song “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
Gov. Jim Justice unveiled https://youtu.be/3oahTlwHgkU” target=”_blank”>a video Wednesday, April 11, as the centerpiece for the campaign that frames the song and the state’s natural beauty. The campaign borrows the words “almost heaven” as its slogan.
Tourism Commissioner Chelsea Ruby said officials “want to change the way people think about West Virginia.” She said research shows 86 percent of people who come to West Virginia eventually return. But last year, only 14 percent were first-time visitors.
The state tourism office previously obtained the rights to use the song in marketing. It’s been an unofficial West Virginia anthem almost since its 1971 release and was named an official state song in 2014.
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A series of storm systems moved across West Virginia earlier this week, bringing repeated periods of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms, overwhelming streams, creeks, drainage systems, and low-water crossings.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn the runup to the midterm elections, it’s time for a new Us & Them dinner party. Host Trey Kay brings West Virginians together from a range of political perspectives to share some family dishes, as well as their thoughts. This time around, the conversation included some new topics as well as some of the familiar issues that divide us. We listen to an excerpt.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWith the midterm elections approaching, Us & Them is taking the Dinner Party on the road to a trio of communities across West Virginia. In the first of our three gatherings this fall, host Trey Kay is back in Charleston bringing together conservative and liberal West Virginians to share a potluck meal, talk politics and see whether conversation across the divide can uncover some common ground.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe votes are in – more than 3,200 of them – and the winner of the inaugural Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition will be announced next week. It’s down to the final five. Assistant News Director Maria Young caught up with Bill Bissett, president of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association, which is hosting the contest, to find out more about the finalists.
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