When you think of “Appalachian cooking,” what comes to mind? For a lot of folks, it’s savory comfort foods like biscuits with sausage gravy, crispy fried chicken and mashed potatoes loaded with butter. But, what about folks who want that comfort food, without involving animals? Jan Brandenburg is a pharmacist and poet in Eastern Kentucky. Over the last 30 years, she’s collected and perfected recipes that take a plant-based approach to the Appalachian table. Producer Bill Lynch spoke with Brandenburg about her new book The Modern Mountain Cookbook.

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Education Chris Schulz, Mar. 10, 2025

Student Welfare Bills Passed By Senate

The Senate had a lively day to start the week, passing 10 bills on issues ranging from optometry to carbon sequestration. Two of those bills deal with the wellbeing of students in the state’s public schools.

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Education Chris Schulz, Mar. 04, 2025

Two Bills Take On Aspects Of School Safety in Senate, House Education Committees

Education committees on both sides of the Capitol have focused on bills that failed to pass the previous year to start this year’s session.

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Education Chris Schulz, Nov. 10, 2024

Legislators Receive Report On School Safety Needs

Student safety continues to be a concern across the nation. In West Virginia, a rash of hundreds of hoax threats made against schools across the state earlier this fall has renewed conversations about the safety of, and preparedness of, aging school struc...

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Education Chris Schulz, Sep. 23, 2024

Threats Continue To Concern W.Va. Schools

As of Monday, 216 school threats have been received statewide since Sept. 5, according to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security.

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Arts & Culture Curtis Tate, Sep. 21, 2024

Time For The Mothman, Honoring A Space Pioneer And Previewing A Queer Film Festival

West Virginia Week is a web-only podcast that explores the week's biggest news in the Mountain State. Curtis Tate is our host this week.

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Education Chris Schulz, Sep. 17, 2024

State Security Leader Discusses Response To School Threats

Rob Cunningham, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security spoke with reporter Chris Schulz about the state's coordinated response to an ongoing series of school threats.

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