Arts & Culture

The Appalachian Comics Project, Inside Appalachia

This week, after a disaster, can comics help set the record straight? Also, in Western North Carolina, a new generation of Cherokee potters are keeping old traditions, while shaping a modern practice all their own. And, schoolyard games come and go, but for kids in one community, marbles still rule. 

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Appalachian String Band Music Festival Bridges Generations

The Appalachian String Band Festival is an annual celebration at Fayette County’s historic Camp Washington-Carver. The camp serves as West Virginia’s mountain cultural arts center and a fitting backdrop for the five-day festival. Randy Yohe takes us to the crowning event of the string band fest, where old-time mountain music bridges generations into a worldwide fiddle and banjo community.

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Solar Program Going Dark And Old-Time Music Bridges Generations, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to cancel billions of dollars in grants for a solar program intended to improve home energy efficiency. The funds – including more than $100 million in West Virginia – w...

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W.Va.’s 100th State Fair Begins 10-Day Run Thursday

West Virginia’s 100th State Fair begins its 10-day run later this week.

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