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Inside Appalachia Host Jessica Lilly Previews Podcast, Talks Coal Job Losses on WVNS-TV

This week on Inside Appalachia, we hear from first generation college students, like Savanna Lusk, the daughter of an underground coal miner and Logan Bays the son of a former surface miner. Host Jessica Lilly spoke on WVNS-TV Morning Show, previewing this week’s episode.

Inside Appalachia tells the stories of our people, and how they live today. Host Jessica Lilly leads us on an audio tour of our rich history, our food, our music and our culture.

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This week’s podcast will be available around 3:00 p.m. on Friday, November 13.

Inside Appalachia is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting with help from public radio stations in Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.

Inside Appalachia airs on West Virginia Public Broadcasting Radio Sundays at 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Youth Art Contest Part of New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend

The National Park Service is holding a youth art contest for students in Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh and Summers counties.

The Youth Arts in the Parks 2016 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest is open to K-12 students in the four counties.

Tamarack in Beckley will showcase top entries at an art exhibit in April 2016.

The park service says entries must be hand delivered to a contest art receiving station between Feb. 1, 2016, and Feb. 7, 2016.

The contest is part of the New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend. The annual spring event celebrates the region’s ecology.

Contest rules, an entry form and other information are available here.

Landslide Closes Route 82 in Nicholas County

The Division of Highways says a section of West Virginia Route 82 in Nicholas Close is closed because of a landslide.The closed section is 2.6 miles east…

The Division of Highways says a section of West Virginia Route 82 in Nicholas Close is closed because of a landslide.

The closed section is 2.6 miles east of Birch River. One lane is expected to reopen at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The DOH says heavy rain caused Monday’s landslide. State crews are working to remove rock and debris from the road.

A detour is in place.

Faith Based Adventure Camp Planned for Nicholas Co.

A faith based organization plans to develop land in West Virginia to create a youth camp. The New River Gorge Regional Development Authority made the announcement earlier this week.

Young Life, a non-denominational Christian organization, plans to build an adventure camp in Nicholas County close to Mt. Nebo.

The organization has 35 camps around the globe according to their website. In a release, Young Life’s state Director, Scott Berg, said it was the outdoor activities, and landscape that attracted the group to West Virginia.

The $35 million project will be completed in three phases.  Young Life hopes to complete phase one, which is creating a master plan, improving infrastructure, and building a base camp for small group adventure camping, within one year. Eventually Young Life plans to build a resort camp.

The entire camp will accommodate 25,000 youth  per year once complete.

The West Virginia Development Office, Nicholas County Commission and various business leaders support the project.

The New River Gorge Regional Development Authority Executive Director, Chad Wykle said the camp is a good fit to supplement “the adventure tourism exposure youth have with West Virginia through the Bechtel Summit Boy Scout Reserve, and will be a wonderful neighbor for the National Park Service.”

Young Life is hopeful that the camp will also improve the quality of life for the adolescents of West Virginia.

Petition Seeks Removal of Nicholas Commissioners

  A three-judge panel has been appointed to hear a petition seeking the removal of all three Nicholas County commissioners.

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Davis named Senior Status Judge Frank E. Jolliffe, Monongalia County Circuit Judge Philip D. Gaujot and Third Judicial Circuit Judge Timothy L. Sweeney to hear the petition.

The State Journal reports that the petition alleges the commissioners illegally changed the form of county government and violated the state’s open government laws when they hired Roger Beverage as county manager.

Commissioner John Miller denied wrongdoing on the part of the commissioners.

The commission is appealing a judge’s ruling that Beverage’s hiring violated the West Virginia Constitution. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by residents who claim the commission hired Beverage without public discussion.

Five Counties Approve Sunday Hunting on Private Land

  Voters in five West Virginia counties have restored the right to hunt on private land on Sundays.

Unofficial returns show the measure was approved Tuesday in Braxton, Calhoun, Nicholas, Webster and Wirt counties. Voters in Gilmer and Lewis counties rejected the proposal.

In 2001, lawmakers allowed counties to hold elections on whether to allow Sunday hunting on private lands. The following year, all 41 counties that put the question on their ballots voted to ban it.

Cory Boothe of Summersville started a petition drive last year. He says he wanted to give his children the opportunity that hunters in most other states have.

He worked feverishly on the grassroots campaign, distributing petitions at convenience stores, bars, diners and larger employers.

Boothe says he’s satisfied with how the vote turned out.

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