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A recent national story identified West Virginia’s Ascend program as being highly successful, even though the numbers are relatively small. News Director Eric Douglas caught up with NPR reporter Scott Neuman to discuss the program in relation to other similar efforts and what he discovered.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIf 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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Classroom 2 Career (C2C) Apprenticeship program blends classroom-based instruction with structured, paid work experience, tailored to meet the needs of students and local workforce partners.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA newly announced public-private effort to enhance career training for West Virginia high school students is also aimed at strengthening the talent pipeline for Mountain State industries and improving the state’s workforce participation rate.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJohn Haywood of Whitesburg, Kentucky says he got his first guitar and his first tattoo when he was about 13 years old. These days, Haywood is the proprietor of Parlor Room Art and Tattoo in downtown Whitesburg. It’s a place where some people get inked up … and some play traditional music. It’s a place unlike any other, as Zack Harold reports.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFolk music is not the easiest way to make a living, but artists still find a way to balance making music with putting food on the table. Mason Adams traveled to MidMountain arts collective in Virginia, where he spoke with both veteran folksingers and emerging talents.
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