Rare Match Will Bring WVU, Wake Forest Fans To Charleston
The WVU Men's Basketball Team will face off against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons as part of the 2025 Holiday Hoopfest on Dec. 6.
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Encore: What Is Appalachia? We Asked People From Around The Region. Here’s What They Said
This week, we’re revisiting our episode “What Is Appalachia?” from December 2021. Appalachia connects mountainous parts of the South, the Midwest, the Rust belt and even the Northeast. The Appalachian Regional Commission defined the boundaries for A...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEncore: What Is Appalachia? We Asked People From Around The Region. Here’s What They Said
This week, we’re revisiting our episode “What Is Appalachia?” from December 2021. Appalachia connects mountainous parts of the South, the Midwest, the Rust belt and even the Northeast. The Appalachian Regional Commission defined the boundaries for Appalachia in 1965 with the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commision, a part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. It was legislation that sought to expand social welfare, and some localities were eager for the money, while others resisted the designation. The boundaries and definition of Appalachia can now only be changed by an act of Congress.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEncore: What Is Appalachia? We Asked People From Around The Region. Here's What They Said.
Politically, Appalachia encompasses 423 counties across 13 states — and West Virginia’s the only state entirely inside the region. That leaves so much room for geographic and cultural variation, as well as many different views on what Appalachia really is. For Inside Appalachia, we turned our entire episode over to the question, “What is Appalachia?”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhat Is Appalachia? We Asked People From Around The Region. Here's What They Said
Appalachia connects mountainous parts of the South, the Midwest, the Rust Belt, even the Northeast. The Appalachian Regional Commission defined the boundarie...
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Book: ‘Holding Back The River’ Looks At American Waterways
West Virginia author and journalist Tyler J. Kelley takes a hard look at rivers, flooding and commerce on America's waterways in his new book “Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia and Mississippi Toughest on Immunizations
Mississippi and West Virginia are known for their struggles with health crises. Yet when it comes to getting children vaccinated, these states don't mess…
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