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This week, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, changes to the Endangered Species Act could benefit big business. They could also kill animals like the eastern hellbender. And, in troubled times, a West Virginia writer says to find peace in nature.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWritten by a former slave ship captain, “Amazing Grace” has traveled far beyond its origins. In this encore episode, Us & Them traces how the hymn has become a powerful folk song and civil rights anthem — speaking to pain, forgiveness and the possibility of change.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWe explore the history of a song that’s become a universal anthem of hope and forgiveness. “Amazing Grace” was first written as a Christian hymn, and its beginnings in America come in the early 1800s. That’s when people traveled to revivals to worship with preachers from various denominations.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, we look back at 2025. We met some fascinating people, like Aaron Dowdy of country rock band Fust. Also, central Appalachia continued to recover from Hurricane Helene. From the beginning, the recovery brought people together. And, we made a trip to Hillbilly Hotdog to take on "The Homewrecker."
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThroughout the course of the year, West Virginia Public Broadcasting reporters and producers may create hundreds of stories. But some are favorites. We remember the story behind the story.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA giant pepperoni roll sculpture, representing generations of West Virginia meals, will be lowered to the ground at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.
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