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 Mason Adams, Apr. 06, 2026

Meet The Cartoonist Who Keeps 'Snuffy Smith' In The Funny Pages

The hillbilly stereotype is frequently used to shame mountain people, but there are gentler versions, like Snuffy Smith, the long-running comic strip character. Snuffy Smith originally started out as a supporting character in his comic strip, which first launched in 1919 when Billy DeBeck created Barney Google. Artist Fred Lasswell was brought in during the ‘30s to create Snuffy Smith and his friends. And now the strip is written and drawn by John Rose, who lives in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch, Aug. 21, 2025

W.Va. Author Explores The Natural World In New Book

Writer Sheila McEntee has been observing nature for most of her life, especially birds. She’s published essays about her experiences in Stonecrop Review, Woods Reader and Wonderful West Virginia magazine. Several of these essays have been collected for McEntee’s first book. It’s titled, "Soul Friend: And Other Love Notes to the Natural World." Bill Lynch spoke with McEntee about writing and developing an interest in nature.

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Arts & Culture Abby Neff, Jul. 22, 2025

International Photographer Turns Lens Toward Home In New Book

Michael Snyder is a photographer and filmmaker who grew up in the Allegheny mountains on the border of Maryland and West Virginia. His work has been featured in National Geographic, The Guardian and The Washington Post. After living away from Appalachia for over a decade, Snyder moved back to document what changed and what stayed the same. The result is a new book. It’s called Alleghania: A Central Appalachian Folklore Anthology. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff recently spoke with Snyder.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Apr. 28, 2025

Federal Medicaid Cuts – Who Could Lose Coverage And How?

Proposed federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients could make it harder for up to 44,000 West Virginians to get the care they qualify for.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Mar. 19, 2025

Discussing COVID-19 Five Years Later

Dr. Steven Eshenaur, former director of the emergency department at Jackson General Hospital in West Virginia, discussed his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Dec. 02, 2024

Risk Low From New Kind Of Mpox Showing Up In U.S.

The first known U.S. case of a new emerging Mpox strain was identified in California on Nov. 16. While the risk to the public remains very low, West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Health Reporter, Emily Rice, spoke with Michael Kilkenny, the executive director of the Cabell/Huntington Health Department about the new strain of Mpox and how to avoid it.

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