Headline Acts Announced For America250 Celebration At Capitol
Three concerts and a fireworks display are planned for the Fourth of July weekend on the state Capitol grounds.
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Sierra Club Quilt Draws Attention To Coal, Community
An effort to open discussions around the future of coal in West Virginia led to a community quilting project that debuts Tuesday in Morgantown.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBlack Bear Encounters On The Rise, This West Virginia Morning
Black bears now inhabit all 55 counties of West Virginia, and bear encounters are on the rise across Appalachia. Climate change is often a hidden culprit. But state wildlife managers are working to promote peaceful coexistence.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTeaching Math Through Quilting And Matthew Perry Foundation In Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning
Quilting is more than a hobby: it offers some colorful lessons in math. And, the Matthew Perry Foundation comes to Appalachia to carry out the mission of its famous namesake.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEncore: Chair Caning And A Housing Fight, Inside Appalachia
This week on Inside Appalachia, we visit the Seeing Hand Association. They bring together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. Also, corporate greed has been gobbling up newspapers for years. Now, some of those same companies are taking a bite out of mobile home parks. They’re raising rents and letting repairs slide. And, as the Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, people who live near it say government officials are ignoring their concerns about pollution.
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Chair Caning And A Housing Fight, Inside Appalachia
This week, we visit the Seeing Hand Association. They bring together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. Also, corporate greed has been gobbling up newspapers for years. Now, some of those same companies are taking a bite out of mobile home parks. They’re raising rents and letting repairs slide. And, as the Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, people who live near it say government officials are ignoring their concerns about pollution.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHazard, Kentucky Quilters Reconnecting To Area's African American Traditions
Quiltmaking is an artform that has been passed down for generations throughout Appalachia. But a few years ago, local community activist Emily Jones Hudson noticed that quilting wasn’t as popular as it once was, particularly in Hazard’s Black community.
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