Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia

This week, in author Willie Carver, Jr.’s new book, he reconsiders a negative childhood experience with a neighborhood girl who might have just been looking for a friend. Also, a southwestern Virginia community rang the alarm after more and more of its children were diagnosed with cancer. A local journalist is trying to unravel the cause. And, the city of Asheville has a new crusading reporter. He’s a puppet.

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Arts & Culture Maria Young, Apr. 21, 2026

W.Va. Photographer Joins Team USA For International Competition

A Charleston-based photographer is in Iceland this week taking part in the 2026 World Photographic Cup international photography competition.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Apr. 21, 2026

W.Va. Photographer Talks Photo That Brought Him International Recognition, This West Virginia Morning

A West Virginia photographer is representing Team USA in the 2026 World Photographic Cup in Iceland this week – and he’s there because of a photo he almost didn’t take. We hear from longtime photographer for the West Virginia Legislature and two-time winner of the Professional Photographers of West Virginia Photographer of the Year award, Perry Bennett.

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Arts & Culture Abby Neff, Mar. 31, 2026

An Ohio Photographer Spent 15 Years With One Family. She Says Her Project Never Ended

Fifteen years ago, when Maddie McGarvey was a sophomore at Ohio University, she took on a project to document grandparents raising their grandchildren. That led her to meet 3-year-old Paige Casto and her family. She’s been photographing them ever since. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff spoke with McGarvey.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Mar. 27, 2026

Photographing Grandfamilies in Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a photographer spends more than a decade documenting grandfamilies and new business opportunities come to the state.

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Arts & Culture Roger May, Dec. 04, 2025

Photo Essay: Floods ‘People Living In The Aftermath’

WVPB asked photojournalist and West Virginia native Roger May to go back home and take a hard look at how residents are still struggling to find normalcy nine months after flooding hit southern West Virginia. May specializes in turning his camera on the places that shaped him — revealing the humanity behind statistics. He worked primarily in Mingo, Logan, McDowell and Wyoming counties.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Aug. 19, 2025

It's World Photography Day. Here Are Some Of Our Favorites

Photography has changed everything from science to industry to the way we remember our families. But there are some photos we take, out of the thousands, that mean more to us for one reason or another: it can be a person, or a memory, or a time.

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