New River Gorge National Park Wins Coveted Travel Ranking
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve has been listed as the nation's top underrated travel destination by U.S. News and World Report.
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A Secret City In East Tennessee, Inside Appalachia
This week, we take a look at how the U.S. government built a secret city in East Tennessee during World War II to work on the atomic bomb. Also, almost everybody has a favorite cup or coffee mug, but how far would you go to replace it? And, we hear from a cabinetmaker on the physicality of poetry.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew American Experience Film Explores WWII Atomic Bomb, This West Virginia Morning
"Bombshell" is a new film from American Experience that explores how the government manipulated the public about the bomb’s development and deployment. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with author Greg Mitchell, who appears in the film.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCommunity to Get Sneak Peek of National PBS Coal Wars Film
If you’re a West Virginia history buff, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the National Coal Heritage Area had you in mind as they arranged a preview…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Mine Wars Story Spreading Fast, Thanks to this Guy
West Virginia is expected to be in the national spotlight on January 26 in an episode of the PBS documentary series, American Experience.“The Mine Wars”…
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W.Va. Mine Wars Class Offered to Teachers
The West Virginia Mine Wars is a period of our state’s history that until around the 1980s was often censored or left out in classrooms across the state.…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDon't Miss This Tribute to Walt Disney
Watch American Experience: Walt Disney, a two-part presentation Monday, September 14 at 9:30 p.m. and Tuesday, September 15 at 9 p.m.Walt Disney was…
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