Green Bank Observatory SETI Tours Takes Visitors Behind The Scenes, This West Virginia Morning

The Greenbank Observatory is offering a limited chance to go behind the scenes to check out its Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). SETI tours are offered to small groups – ages 12 and up – several times a month through October. We caught up with the Observatory’s news manager to find out more about the tours – and what exactly scientists there are looking for.

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Press Release Amanda Rogers, Mar. 21, 2026

West Virginia Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2026

This year’s featured speakers will be award-winning children’s novelist R. L. Stine, nonfiction author Margot Lee Shetterley, New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn, mystery author and West Virginia native Craig Johnson, and local author and illustrator Rosalie Haizlett.

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Arts & Culture Briana Heaney, Oct. 24, 2023

Legends Of Lore Marker Dedicated To Banjo Player Aunt Jeanie Wilson

Aunt Jeanie Wilson was recently honored with a Legends of Lore sign in Chief Logan State Park.

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Education Dec. 15, 2021

W.Va. Humanities Council Offering Grants Up To $20,000

The West Virginia Humanities Council is offering grants ranging from $1,500 or less up to $20,000. The council is especially interested in projects that address civic engagement and civics education, it said in a news release.

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WVPB News Emily Allen, Sep. 26, 2019

Marshall University App Brings History To Life In West Virginia And Beyond

The recently renovated Coin Harvey House on Third Avenue in Huntington is a beautiful old building with a double staircase and glass windows. It easily…

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Arts & Culture Liz McCormick, Aug. 28, 2019

From Corn Liquor to State Pride - Origins of ‘West by God Virginia’

re at West Virginia Public Broadcasting we’ve been asking listeners what they wonder most about West Virginia. The latest question that won out in an online poll came to us from St. Albans resident Trish Hatfield. She asked “Where does the phrase ‘West by God Virginia’ come from?” WVPB reached out to experts across the state and discovered one of the first times the phrase was found in a publication — and we have a good idea why it has stuck around.

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WVPB News Jessica Lilly, May. 28, 2019

Lady D Passes On Love of the Blues

Doris Fields, an R&B, soul, and blues musician and songwriter, also known as Lady D, is the daughter of a coal miner. Her dad moved to West Virginia from…

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