Celebrating A New Pope And The Taste Of Mothman, This West Virginia Week
A new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
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Coal Miners' Health Care Hit Hard In Job Cuts To CDC
Sam Petsonk grew up around southern West Virginia's mining communities, visiting patients with his father, one of the country's first doctors to specialize in Black Lung Disease.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCourt Blocks MSHA Silica Dust Rule Days Before It Takes Effect
The rule was aimed at reducing miner inhalation of silica dust, which has been shown to worsen cases of black lung disease and cause an earlier onset of the disease in younger miners.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Mine Wars Graphic Novel, Storytelling And W.Va. Life, Inside Appalachia
This week on Inside Appalachia, we speak with the author of a new graphic novel about the West Virginia Mine Wars. Also, professional storyteller James Froemel invents quirky characters, like a sign maker who can't spell. And, one of the most common animals to get hit by cars are possums. But, there’s a kind of animal rescue called pouch picking. We talk with author Laura Jackson.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBook Brings W.Va. Mine Wars History To Young Readers
The West Virginia mine wars played an important part in U.S. history, but for decades were often left out of history classes. A new book aims to change that. It’s titled ...
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The Mine Wars For Young Adults, Faith After A Flood And Remembering Billy Edd Wheeler
Textbooks have long left out an important piece of labor history that happened here in the mountains. Now, a new young adult book fills in some of what might have been missed about the Mine Wars. Also, ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWill The New Silica Dust Standard Rule Be Implemented?
Before a new MSHA rule to limit miner's exposure to silica dust could take full effect, opponents threw up a new roadblock.
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