W.Va. Photographer Joins Team USA For International Competition
A Charleston-based photographer is in Iceland this week taking part in the 2026 World Photographic Cup international photography competition.
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Demand Increases At Food Banks And Volunteers Support Child Literacy, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, a volunteer group makes sure all preschool kids get new picture books and learn a love of reading and a foodbank is struggling to meet a sharp increase in demand.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAward-Winning Book Reveals Why Books Are Important For Incarcerated Appalachians
Each year Berea College and the Appalachian Studies Association present the Weatherford Awards. They honor books about the Appalachian South. The winner of the 2024 award for nonfiction is titled, This Book is Free and Yours to Keep. It consists largely of letters from incarcerated people across the region who corresponded with the Appalachian Prison Book Project. Ellen Skirvin is one of the book’s editors.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLGBTQ Inclusion In Huntington And Reading Roadblocks In Prisons, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, will LGBTQ inclusion in Huntington stay strong under a new mayor as some civil rights face attack on the state level?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBooks In Prisons And How The Role Of ‘Dad’ Is Shifting, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, being a parent is a 24-hour role, and a lifetime commitment that has historically fallen to women. As men have started to take on more domestic work, what it means to be a father has started to shift. Chris Schulz looks at these changes in our latest installment of “Now What? A Series on Parenting.”
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