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Using Wool To Insulate Homes, This West Virginia Morning

Many farmers in our region raise sheep for meat, but not so much for wool. There’s not a great market for it with textile companies overseas, but researchers at Virginia Tech have teamed up with farmers, to figure out how to use wool to insulate houses, potentially creating a new market.

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Writing About Nature And Birds And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a West Virginia writer turns her observations of nature into a collection of essays and our Song of the Week.

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Strong Winds Prove Fatal For Beloved Shepherdstown Eaglets, But Adults Rebuild Nest

Over the weekend, severe winds knocked an eagle nest out of a sycamore tree in Shepherdstown, killing the three eagle chicks that called it home. Both adult parents survived and returned to the nest site to rebuild.

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Frank X Walker And Flood Stories Past And Present, Inside Appalachia

This week, Affrilachian poet Frank X Walker has a new collection of poetry that looks at Black life in Kentucky before, during, and after the Civil War. We also check in with the people affected by floo...

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