Encore: Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia

This week, in author Willie Carver, Jr.’s new book, he reconsiders a negative childhood experience with a neighborhood girl who might have just been looking for a friend. Also, a southwestern Virginia community rang the alarm after more and more of its children were diagnosed with cancer. A local journalist is trying to unravel the cause. And, the city of Asheville has a new crusading reporter. He’s a puppet.

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Economy Trey Kay +, Sep. 10, 2026

Us & Them: Stay Or Go — Part 1: The Stayers

They love West Virginia. They want to make their future here, but jobs, housing and opportunity can make that choice harder than it sounds. In the first of two Us & Them episodes, Trey Kay talks with young West Virginians trying to decide whether they can put down their own roots in a place they call home.

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Education Chris Schulz, Jun. 03, 2026

State Schools Report Success With Apprenticeship Program

The Classroom 2 Career (C2C) Apprenticeship program blends classroom-based instruction with structured, paid work experience, tailored to meet the needs of students and local workforce partners.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, May. 15, 2026

Fantasy Music Festival Comes To Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, Appalachian music comes in all kinds. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Mason Salomeini, organizer of electronic music celebration Dungeon Fest.

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Education Eric Douglas, May. 14, 2026

Hope Gas, Logan County Schools Join Up For Technical Education

Logan County students now have access to high-level careers in the utilities and energy sector through the Hope Pathways program.

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Education Chris Schulz, Jan. 14, 2026

Preston County High Schoolers Run State’s Only Student Slaughterhouse

For close to 40 years the school’s processing class has taught students every step of how to safely turn an animal into meat for the dinner table or market.

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Education Jack Walker, Jul. 16, 2024

New Program Paves Career Pathways For Blind, Deaf Highschoolers

A new program at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind provides students ages 14 and up career prep resources and job training throughout a six-week session.

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