Aluminum Plates For Deep Space Win W.Va. 'Coolest' Contest
Aluminum plates that helped keep astronauts on the Artemis II rocket safe won the first ever Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition.
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A Hockey Hero From Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning
Hockey is still finding fans and players in central Appalachia, but just because it’s an emerging sport in this region doesn’t mean we don’t have hockey heroes. Inside Appalachia’s Abby Neff met with Gwyneth Phillips, a goalie for the gold-medal winning U.S. Olympics Women’s team, to learn more.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDecades-Old Musical Tradition Pays Tribute To Welsh Immigrants, This West Virginia Morning
In southern Ohio, there’s a musical tradition that goes back nearly 1,000 years and 4,000 miles. For Inside Appalachia, Folkways Reporter Capri Cafaro has this story.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe 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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWriter’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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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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDungeon 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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