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Government Curtis Tate, Sep. 23, 2024

Amtrak's Eastern Panhandle Service Changing Name, Destination

Amtrak is combining the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains temporarily to accommodate a tunnel reconstruction project in New York.

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Economy Jack Walker, Aug. 09, 2024

Luxury Hotel Planned For Harpers Ferry Gets Special Tax Status

The Jefferson County Commission voted unanimously to grant a luxury hotel project a special tax status. The hotel will assume the site of a historic hotel that fell into disrepair.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jul. 22, 2024

Pierogies, Flat Five Studio And Bigfoot, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies every week. Also, Salem, Virginia's Flat Five Studio got its first big break when the Dave Matthews Band was searching for a quiet place to record its first album. And, a longtime Bigfoot hunter believes his first encounter with the mythical monster happened when he was a kid.

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Arts & Culture Liz McCormick, Jul. 13, 2024

Conserving W.Va. History, Joining A Silent Book Club And Celebrating Tourism, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, we spend some time in the Eastern Panhandle and learn about a new Battlefield Park, hear from a Harpers Ferry author and explore the unknown future of the John Brown Wax Museum. We also travel to Morgantown to experience a Silent Book Club, and then south to Logan County to check out the hopes riding on the inaugural Governor’s School for Tourism.

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Arts & Culture Jack Walker, Jul. 10, 2024

Harpers Ferry Wax Museum Closes, Collection’s Fate Uncertain

The John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry has permanently closed. Its building was sold to a private retailer, and its owner is still looking for a buyer for the wax figure collection.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch, Jul. 09, 2024

Harpers Ferry Author John Michael Cummings Talks Writing

John Michael Cummings is an author in Harpers Ferry. He’s published three novels, two novellas and many short stories. Cummings recently spoke with Bill Lynch about writing and his latest collection of short stories, “The Spirit in My Shoes.”

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