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New Book Highlights 100 Things To Do In The Mountain State On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, “100 Things to Do in West Virginia Before You Die” is a new book to help locals and visitors explore the Mountain State. Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Melody Pittman, who co-authored the book with Angela Richards.

On this West Virginia Morning, “100 Things to Do in West Virginia Before You Die” is a new book to help locals and visitors explore the Mountain State. Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Melody Pittman, who co-authored the book with Angela Richards.

Also, in this show, the future of a West Virginia power plant has become an issue in Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary. Curtis Tate has the story.

And the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday warning of a “sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine,” which is also known as “tranq” or “tranq dope.” Appalachia Health News Reporter Emily Rice has more.

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Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting with support from Charleston Area Medical Center and Marshall Health.

Assistant News Director Caroline MacGregor produced this show.

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December 29, 1970: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" Is Complete

On December 29, 1970, songwriters Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver finished writing what would become one of the most popular tunes in history and one of West Virginia’s official state songs. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” also branded the Mountain State with its most recognizable slogan: “almost heaven.”

The song hit number two on the charts, went gold, and spread internationally. In places as far away as China, many people know about West Virginia solely from the song “Country Roads.” At home, some have criticized the lyrics, which seem at times to confuse West Virginia and Virginia. For instance, the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River exist for only a few miles in West Virginia and are more closely associated with Virginia. Still, the song has become a great source of pride for West Virginians. It’s a staple of the West Virginia University Marching Band, not to mention a favorite sing-along at taverns across the state.

John Denver performed ‘‘Country Roads’’ for the debut of the new Mountaineer Stadium in Morgantown in 1980 and on a telethon to benefit the victims of the disastrous 1985 floods.

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