Tourism Economy Brings Visitors, Money To W.Va.
West Virginia’s tourism economy has brought in $9.4 billion in economic impact over the past year.
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Underground Railroad And Fly Around Festival, Inside Appalachia
This week, before emancipation, Appalachia provided pathways to freedom for enslaved people trying to escape bondage. A new project identifies more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites. Also, the Fly Around Music & Arts Festival in North Carolina was inspired by the hard work that followed Hurricane Helene. And, a ballad about floods recorded a generation ago still provides solace for people today.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Flooding Long-Term Recovery Groups Remain Unfunded
West Virginia created the State Resiliency Office (SRO) in 2021 after devastating floods in 2016, to update the state’s decades-old statewide flooding plan ...
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