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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, the federal government has taken back millions of dollars set aside for public radio stations. Allegheny Mountain Radio is among those fighting to stay on the air. Also, a book by a West Virginia artist illustrates the tiny worlds of mountain critters, like a lizard that changes color. And, geocaching gets folks outside to play detective and find hidden treasures.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Jefferson County author's new book unveils the history of Thomas and Lavinia Lovett, a Black couple who in 1890 opened Harpers Ferry's iconic Hill Top Hotel.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe ACLU and Plot Twist Books have invited journalist and author Nico Lang to the South Charleston Public Library on July 26. Lang recently wrote "American Teenager," a book following the lives of eight trans teens across the U.S.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFollowing the American Civil War, a group of freed people fled violence and bought land in Western North Carolina. In the summer of 1873, these people formed a Black communal society they named “The Kingdom of the Happy Land.” A new novel tells a story set in the kingdom, both in the past and in the present day. It’s titled, “Happy Land.” Host Mason Adams spoke with its author, Dolen Perkins-Valdez.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, Inside Appalachia speaks to the author of a new novel about freed people after the Civil War and our Song of the Week.
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