Latest ‘Us & Them’ Reflects On 2025, This West Virginia Morning

Federal funding for arts and culture has been curtailed. Trey Kay looks at the reasons in the latest Us & Them. Also, the state board of education has approved another round of school closures and consolidations, the state Legislature is expected to take up several bills in the coming session to address foster care and children who are homeless, and U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was laid to rest Tuesday at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton.

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Arts & Culture Maria Young, Aug. 29, 2025

6 New Monuments To Commemorate March To Blair Mountain

Six new sites along a 50-mile route between Charleston and Matewan, West Virginia will commemorate the 1921 Miners' March to the Battle of Blair Mountain.

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Arts & Culture Mason Adams, Jan. 27, 2025

New Graphic Novel Illustrates The West Virginia Mine Wars

The West Virginia Mine Wars are an important but little known piece of American history. Coal miners in southern West Virginia had been trying to organize a union, while coal companies tried to stop them. Strikes and violent clashes ensued, culminating in the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. A version of the story is told in the new graphic novel “Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars.” Mason Adams spoke with its author, Raymond Tyler.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jan. 24, 2025

A Mine Wars Graphic Novel, Storytelling And W.Va. Life, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, we speak with the author of a new graphic novel about the West Virginia Mine Wars. Also, professional storyteller James Froemel invents quirky characters, like a sign maker who can't spell. And, one of the most common animals to get hit by cars are possums. But, there’s a kind of animal rescue called pouch picking. We talk with author Laura Jackson.

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Arts & Culture Mason Adams, Nov. 06, 2024

Book Brings W.Va. Mine Wars History To Young Readers

The West Virginia mine wars played an important part in U.S. history, but for decades were often left out of history classes. A new book aims to change that. It’s titled ...

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Oct. 18, 2024

The Mine Wars Come Alive For Young Readers And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a young adult author hopes to bring the story of the struggle to unionize coal mines to today’s young readers, and our Song of the Week.

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Arts & Culture Curtis Tate, Sep. 25, 2024