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W.Va. Factory Keeps Old-School Playground Game Rolling

A line of third-graders files into the gymnasium at Ashford-Rumble Elementary School and onto the wooden bleachers. Nearly every kid has a box or plastic bag in their lap, filled to bursting with marbles. ...

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Glassblowing Traditions And Protecting An Endangered Salamander, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, Blenko Glass has been making everything from stem and table ware to decorative glass figurines for more than a century and proposed federal protections for the spring salamander.

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Blenko’s Glass Festival Returns

Blenko Glass Company founded the Festival of Glass at the turn of the 21st century to celebrate and preserve the heritage of glassmaking in Appalachia. 

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Choreography of Light and Glass — W.Va.'s Professional Dance Company

The West Virginia Dance Company, based out of Beckley, W.Va., often performs dances that tell stories about social or cultural topics in the Appalachian…

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