W.Va. Photographer Joins Team USA For International Competition
A Charleston-based photographer is in Iceland this week taking part in the 2026 World Photographic Cup international photography competition.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, during the Great Depression, Osage, West Virginia was a raucous river town. It’s sleepier now, but music is keeping the magic alive. Also, a poet remembers growing up in a secret city in Tennessee that was built during World War II. And, rock climbing is usually for warmer months, but some climbers have taken to climbing frozen waterfalls.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week on Inside Appalachia, Aaron Dowdy of alt country band Fust took an outside path to becoming a songwriter Also, egg prices are up. Some folks are talking about raising backyard chickens. And, Helvetia, West Virginia’s old world Fasnacht festival continues to grow, in part because of an online video game. Organizers are OK with it.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, we explore an Appalachian Mardi Gras tradition, spay and neuter subsidies for pets and women's representation in stories of the early United States.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Fasnacht 2025 celebration in the Swiss town of Helvetia included traditional revelry and a new Fallout 76 gaming twist.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, the annual Fasnacht celebration in Randolph County has become the Mardi Gras of Appalachia, and community stakeholders discuss legislative action on foster care.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe little town of Helvetia, W.Va., tried its best to frighten away Old Man Winter at its Fasnacht festival, which takes place every year on the last…
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