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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Jun. 05, 2026

Nelsonville Music Festival Celebrates 20 Years, This West Virginia Morning

The Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The Ohio-based festival over the years has hosted American music icons, like John Prine, Willie Nelson and Loretta Lynn, while also supporting regional artists. Inside Appalachia’s Abby Neff spoke with festival founder Tim Peacock to learn more.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jun. 04, 2026

Power For TeraWulf Data Center May Not Come From Kentucky, Or Coal

Earlier this week, Gov. Andy Beshear welcomed a proposal by TeraWulf to build a gigawatt data center at an industrial park west of Ashland. He cautioned, though, that any project of that scale would pay for 100% of its own electricity.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, May. 30, 2026

Appalachian Monster Game And Nelsonville Music Festival, Inside Appalachia

This week, a new roleplaying game gives folks in the workplace a chance to be a mythical Appalachian monster. Also, southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in June. We talk with the founder about what keeps people coming back. And, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies for their community every week. What makes them so good?

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, May. 19, 2026

Data Center Development Takes Center Stage At House Interim Meetings

Across two days of interim meetings in Charleston, lawmakers learned more about what it will take to develop data centers in the Mountain State.

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Energy & Environment WVPB Staff, Apr. 17, 2026

Different Approaches To Providing Electric Power, This West Virginia Morning

Lawmakers in both West Virginia and Virginia have been looking at ways to make power bills more affordable, but their approaches are very different. We spoke with economists, politicians and ratepayers to learn why tensions between the two states may be driving up costs.

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Energy & Environment Maria Young, Apr. 16, 2026

Capito Favors Data Centers But Wants Better Communication

West Virginia's senior Sen. Shelley Moore Capito told reporters on Thursday that she favors data centers but wants them to do a better job of communicating with local communities.

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