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Construction and building removal work is scheduled to begin in late November in the Prince, Thurmond and Brookside areas of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, despite resistance.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsYoung students at Floyd County, Virginia’s Handmade Music School are compiling a songbook of tunes that have become standards in their community. One of those songs came from influential Virginia bluegrass band The Lost & Found. This summer, Handmade Music School student Rylah Grim spoke with the band’s longtime banjo player Gene Parker, about a song he helped write, called “Brown Hill.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, former governor and longtime U.S. senator Jay Rockefeller has died, West Virginia voted in the general election, and a new anthology explores science fiction and fantasy in Appalachia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, a new generation is learning the story behind "Brown Hill," a song by influential bluegrass band The Lost and Found. Also, data centers are changing the landscape, and one project is planning to plow over an extremely rare stand of seed-producing American chestnut trees. And, small food producers embrace digital technology for the humble farm stand.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBob Thompson’s annual holiday jazz celebration is back! Joining Thompson on stage is his long-time bandmates Timothy Courts on drums, Ryan Kennedy on guitar, John Inghram on bass, plus special guest vocalist Lena Seikaly with James Moore on trumpet. Buy your tickets today!
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