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On this West Virginia Morning, proposed changes in eligibility requirements and purchase limitations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, could have big impacts on small-town West Virginia. And Skeenies Hot Dogs closed in 2018, but it comes alive for one day each year.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFor generations, Skeenies Hot Dogs in Sissonville, West Virginia, was known for serving some of the best slaw dogs around. The restaurant closed in 2018 — but still comes alive for the annual Skeenies Tribute Sale. Folkways reporter Zack Harold has this story.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week on Inside Appalachia, a beloved West Virginia hotdog restaurant closed in 2018. An annual tribute sale gives people a chance to relive its glory days. Also, West Virginia town can trace its beginnings to the first place its founders lived — a giant stump. And, a few people still farm the way folks did before tractors — with horses.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe West Virginia Hot Dog Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this Saturday, July 27 at Pullman Square and 3rd Avenue in downtown Huntington.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News“Making Our Future” by former West Virginia state folklorist Emily Hilliard dives deep into the niches of Mountain State culture, from songs of the labor movement to the history of hot dogs. The book was released on Nov. 22, 2022.
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