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Economy Chris Schulz,

Rail Trail Expansion Pays Tribute To Region’s Industrial Past

The governor said the project is a perfect example of how West Virginia is turning its industrial heritage into outdoor recreation, tourism and public health.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff,

Pandemic-Era Vinyl Gets Re-Released And Natural Gas Leader Talks Industry, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, this month marked five years since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of public spaces across the United States. The Cornelius Eady Trio, a ban organized around Tennessee poet and professor Cornelius Eady, used that time to create art.

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Economy Curtis Tate,

Appalachian Power Plan Would Raise Industry Costs, Group Says

If the West Virginia Public Service Commission approves the latest Appalachian Power proposal, they will pay nearly 9 cents a kilowatt hour, a 46 percent increase.

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Arts & Culture Jack Walker,

New State Exhibit To Highlight How W.Va. Fossil Fuel Production ‘Built’ US Industry

A new exhibit entitled “West Virginia: Nature Designs a State that Fuels a Nation” is slated to open in early 2025 at the West Virginia State Museum in Charleston.

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Economy Jack Walker +,

New Food Entrepreneurship Hub Slated For Charleston

The West Virginia National Guard is opening a new entrepreneurial center in Charleston with a nearly $600,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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May 18, 1932: Industrialist I.T. Mann Dies at 68

Financier and industrialist I. T. Mann died in Washington on May 18, 1932, at age 68. As a young man, the Greenbrier County native apprenticed at his…

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