Poet Writes On Grief, Nature And Hurricane Helene In New Book
Poet Michael Hettich spoke with Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch about his latest book of poetry, "A Sharper Silence."
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Federal Protests Hit Home And Tall Tale Telling Tips, This West Virginia Week
The top stories in West Virginia this week include a protest against federal cuts, a plan to change what SNAP benefits can buy and efforts to stabilize the state employees insurance agency.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUMWA's Roberts Intervened To Save Federal Black Lung Program
United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts was among those who personally asked the U.S. health secretary to save a program that screens for black lung.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUMWA, Labor Leaders To Protest Trump Health Cuts In D.C.
United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts and members of the American Federation of Government Employees will demonstrate outside HHS headquarters over recent staffing reductions at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUMWA Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Health Cuts
The UMWA is among the plaintiffs who brought a court challenge Wednesday to cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Red Onion Prison, NIOSH And The Mountain Laurel Festival, Inside Appalachia
This week, officials are scrutinizing a supermax prison in Wise County, Virginia, after inmate complaints and a visit by a state lawmaker. Also, laid-off federal worker warns the Trump administration’s mass firings could make a big difference for coal miners. And, every year, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival stages a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News‘I’m retiring. I’m not quitting’: Cecil Roberts Looks Back On UMWA Career
He says that in his 30 years at the head of the union, no achievement was more important than saving the health care and pensions of tens of thousands of retired coal miners.
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