Pro Bike Races Return To Charleston
The 2026 USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships will take place June 16-21 on the roads of downtown Charleston.
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School Vaccines And A Photo Essay, This West Virginia Week
This week, vaccine requirements in the state of West Virginia change again, a look ahead at PEIA, and we talk with photographer Roger May about communities in southern West Virginia rebuilding after the February floods.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPhoto 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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPhotojournalist Talks Resilience, Recovery After Flood, This West Virginia Morning
More than nine months after the February flood that hit southern West Virginia, residents are still rebuilding their lives. WVPB asked West Virginia photojournalist Roger May to create a photo essay on the people in that region. May sat down with News Director Eric Douglas to discuss the project.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News"More Takers in a Long Line of Takers" - A Photographer Responds to Vice's "Two Days in Appalachia"
In a recent interview, photographer Bruce Gilden said, “…you have to be sneaky to get the picture…” He said other things about respecting his subjects,…
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You Can Help Paint a New Picture of Appalachia
Fifty years ago President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, and photographs taken at the time continued to define what Appalachia looks like for…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDocumentary Photographer 'Testifies' on Upbringing in Southern W.Va.
Photographs depicting life in West Virginia and other parts of Appalachia have long been the subject of controversy. One documentary photographer with…
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