Shinto Garden In Southwest Virginia And A Healing Mosaic In Kentucky, Inside Appalachia

This week, a Japanese Shinto garden took root in southwestern Virginia because of family connections spanning geography and generations. Also, in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a new mosaic uses recovered objects to honor the town’s people after the flood of 2022. And, the young adult novel Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire mixes historical fact with spooky Appalachian folklore.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Aug. 04, 2026

The Changing Appalachian Farmstand, This West Virginia Morning

Roadside farmstands with homemade jams and bread are a common sight in Appalachia. Because they’re unmanned, many of them work on the honor system: Take a carton of berries, leave some cash. But the humble farm stand is changing to keep up with an increasingly cash-free society. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch recently visited a stand in Wythe County, Virginia and has this.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Jul. 31, 2026

Writer’s Memoir Explores Complicated Relationship With Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

Writer Emilee Hackney has a complicated relationship with where she grew up. She loved her friends, family, the swimming holes and wild places in Tazewell County, Virginia, but she felt stifled. Her new memoir, All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir, explores this tension and what happened when she did leave.

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Arts & Culture Chris Schulz, Jul. 08, 2026

After America250, 100 Days In Appalachia Is Searching For The Region’s Future With Its Youth

100 Days in Appalachia is amplifying youth voices in what the vision for America looks like as part of the Appalachia 250 project.

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Arts & Culture Mason Adams, Jun. 09, 2026

Dungeon Synth Takes Root In Appalachia

Appalachia is home to many types of music: Old-time and bluegrass, of course, but also rock and hip hop, Americana and jazz, metal and hardcore — and dungeon synth. In fact, that genre, which spun out of black metal, will be showcased outside Whitesburg, Kentucky this weekend, June 13 and 14, at Appalachian Dungeon Fest.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jun. 04, 2026

The Challenges And Benefits Of FMLA, This West Virginia Morning

If your aging parent needs surgery, you might need to take time away from work to care for them. A federal policy called the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives many employees job-protected leave for caregiving. But it has noteworthy limitations.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, May. 29, 2026

Team Building With Appalachian Cryptids, This West Virginia Morning

Monsters in the workplace? Maybe. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is developing a team building game using Appalachian cryptids like Bigfoot and the Flatwoods Monster. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Jessica Hammer, associate professor and director of the university’s Center for Transformational Play, to learn more.

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