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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Education Chris Schulz, Feb. 11, 2026

State School Board Approves More School Closures, Returns Some Local Control To Intervened Districts

Financial constraints continue to lead school districts in West Virginia to close and consolidate schools to try and rein in costs.

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Education Maria Young, May. 27, 2025

School-Business Partnership Teaches Pocahontas County Students Outdoor Skills

Like so many success stories, Nature’s Mountain Classroom began with a problem. Tracey Valach was a homeschool mom in Pocahontas County. Her husband worked at Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort. "For a long...

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Education Chris Schulz, Feb. 12, 2025

State Of Emergency Declared For Pocahontas County Schools, Updates Provided For Other State School Interventions

The board approved the declaration at their monthly meeting Wednesday based on a report of on-site Special Circumstance Review conducted at Pocahontas County High School in the fall of 2024 at the request of County Superintendent Lynne Bostic.

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WVPB News Jul. 21, 2016

More than $1M in Federal Funds Awarded For W.Va. Telemedicine Network

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced Thursday that three West Virginia institutions will split over a million dollars in federal…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Dec. 22, 2015

Pocahontas Schools to Try New Bus Routes to Reduce Snow Days

The Pocahontas County school system is going to try to implement new school bus routes on days where classes might have previously been canceled because…

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