National Jamboree Set To Open Under Stormy Skies
Scouts from across the nation are preparing to converge on Fayette County for West Virginia's fifth National Jamboree.
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Proposed U.S. Senate Bill Would Offer Loan Forgiveness for West Virginians
Student loan debt is a major issue for many millennials. A bill in Congress would offer loan forgiveness to West Virginians who want to return home, or…
Continue Reading Take Me to More News‘Hollywood Dreams’- Derek Akal’s Struggle to Stay, Part Three
This is chapter four of Derek Akal’s Struggle to Stay. In the first chapter, we met a young man from Harlan County, Kentucky, who thought a college…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHow to Put Coalfield Workers Back to Work
"Jobs aren't a silver bullet," says Coalfield Development Corporation CEO Brandon Dennison.But they are a good start.Dennison's social enterprise has…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsConclusion to Dave Hathaway's Struggle to Stay
After going for a year unemployed, Dave Hathaway was back underground, working at a new coal mine -- the Cumberland mine -- in Greene County,…
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'Is it a Good Idea for Me to Leave my Children Here?' - Crystal Snyder's Struggle to Stay, Part One
This week we meet the next person we’ll be following in our Struggle to Stay series. 37-year-old Crystal Snyder is a single mother of two, who says she…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBeing LGBTQ in Appalachia
Do people who identify as LGBTQ struggle for acceptance in Appalachia? In this week’s episode of Inside Appalachia, we explore how ideas about gender are…
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