Encore: Chair Caning And A Housing Fight, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, we visit the Seeing Hand Association. They bring together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. Also, corporate greed has been gobbling up newspapers for years. Now, some of those same companies are taking a bite out of mobile home parks. They’re raising rents and letting repairs slide. And, as the Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, people who live near it say government officials are ignoring their concerns about pollution.

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Arts & Culture Chris Schulz, Jul. 22, 2024

Huntington Hot Dog Festival Celebrates 20 Years

The West Virginia Hot Dog Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this Saturday, July 27 at Pullman Square and 3rd Avenue in downtown Huntington.

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Arts & Culture Shepherd Snyder, Oct. 14, 2022

Martinsburg Apple Harvest Festival, Parade Set For This Weekend

The festival’s roots date back to the end of the 19th century, but the modern iteration became a permanent fixture in the Eastern Panhandle starting in 1979. Ever since, it has traditionally been held every third weekend in October to celebrate apple harvesting season throughout West Virginia.

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Arts & Culture Randy Yohe, Aug. 25, 2022

Fly In Festival Offers Unique W.Va. Experiences

People will arrive at this weekend's Fly In Festival by car, bike, boat or airplane.

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Arts & Culture Chris Schulz, Aug. 09, 2022

Blues Music Festival Enters Third Decade In Wheeling

Now in its 21st year, the Heritage Music Blues Festival continues to bring the genre’s biggest artists, as well as up and comers, to the banks of the Ohio River. Reporter Chris Schulz recently sat down with festival organizer Bruce Wheeler to discuss the event.

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WVPB News Brittany Patterson, Jun. 04, 2020

Festivals, Fairs To Resume July 1, Justice Provides Minor League Baseball Update

West Virginia continues to reopen sectors of its economy shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic. At a virtual media briefing Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Feb. 08, 2016

75th Strawberry Festival Seeks Strawberries

Organizers of the 75th West Virginia Strawberry Festival are looking for local growers to help provide berries for a retail tent.The festival board, the…

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