New Novel Explores The Plight Of Appalachia’s Talented Young People

Virginia writer Emilee Hackney has a complicated relationship with her home. She loves the place where she’s from, in Tazewell County — her friends, family, the swimming holes and mountains and wild places — but she also felt stifled. Her new memoir "All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir" explores this tension and her experience when she did leave. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Hackney about the book.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Jul. 17, 2026

Finding Solitude In A Bus On A Rock In A River, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, if you’ve ever seen the eye-catching ‘Bus On A Rock’ in the New River and wondered why – and how – it got there, we have some answers for you.

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Government Chris Schulz, Jul. 16, 2026

State’s Busiest Bridge Slated For Major Repairs

The project includes complete replacement of the bridge deck, structural steel repairs to the bridge’s arch, and restoration of the concrete piers.

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Education Chris Schulz, Feb. 26, 2025

Deadline For Student Bridge Design Contest Is This Friday

The deadline for students to enter the 2025 West Virginia Bridge Design & Build Contest is this Friday, Feb. 28. Hosted by the West Virginia ...

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Government WVPB Staff, Feb. 05, 2025

Volunteers Count The Homeless And A Son's Release From Captivity This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, volunteers and advocates come together on a single night in January every year to count people experiencing homelessness, and a father discusses his son’s captivity and the efforts to bring him home.

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