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Allegheny Mountain Radio Braves Storm Of Federal Cuts

This month, the CPB will begin winding down its operations. The funding cuts will mostly affect NPR and PBS affiliates like our home station. Smaller stations are being hit especially hard. Like Allegheny Mountain Radio, on the Virginia-West Virginia border. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Scott Smith, Allegheny Mountain Radio’s general manager.

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Racing Begins In Spartan Trifecta And Tuning In To Allegheny Mountain Radio, This West Virginia Morning

Being held in the U.S. for the first time, the Spartan Trifecta World Championship got underway at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean. And, a small Appalachian radio station funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting sets its sites on the future.

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Poet Writes On Grief, Nature And Hurricane Helene In New Book

Poet Michael Hettich spoke with Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch about his latest book of poetry, "A Sharper Silence."

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W.Va. Author Explores The Natural World In New Book

Writer Sheila McEntee has been observing nature for most of her life, especially birds. She’s published essays about her experiences in Stonecrop Review, Woods Reader and Wonderful West Virginia magazine. Several of these essays have been collected for McEntee’s first book. It’s titled, "Soul Friend: And Other Love Notes to the Natural World." Bill Lynch spoke with McEntee about writing and developing an interest in nature.

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