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How SNAP Restrictions Affect W.Va. And A Hot Dog Legacy Lives On, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, proposed changes in eligibility requirements and purchase limitations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, could have big impacts on small-town West Virginia. And Skeenies Hot Dogs closed in 2018, but it comes alive for one day each year.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAnnual Hot Dog Sale Revives Family Recipe And Fond Memories
For generations, Skeenies Hot Dogs in Sissonville, West Virginia, was known for serving some of the best slaw dogs around. The restaurant closed in 2018 — but still comes alive for the annual Skeenies Tribute Sale. Folkways reporter Zack Harold has this story.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSkeenies Hotdogs And A Stump Story, Inside Appalachia
This week on Inside Appalachia, a beloved West Virginia hotdog restaurant closed in 2018. An annual tribute sale gives people a chance to relive its glory days. Also, West Virginia town can trace its beginnings to the first place its founders lived — a giant stump. And, a few people still farm the way folks did before tractors — with horses.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFederal, State Agencies Quiet About Mountain Valley Pipeline Failure
Groups that oppose the Mountain Valley Pipeline say last week’s failure in Roanoke County, Virginia, shows the risks the project poses to communities and property.
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Wallabies Among Animals Rescued From Sissonville Home In Child Neglect Case
“The hoarding case that we took, the Charleston case, those animals were in need of immediate medical attention," Gillenwater said. Those animals were really sick, but from Sissonville, the only injury that was going on was in transport.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsProperty Owners Sue Over 2012 Sissonville Pipeline Blast
NiSource Inc. and two subsidiaries are being sued by two Sissonville property owners over a 2012 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion. John Hampton…
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