Appalachian Monster Game And Nelsonville Music Festival, Inside Appalachia

This week, a new roleplaying game gives folks in the workplace a chance to be a mythical Appalachian monster. Also, southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in June. We talk with the founder about what keeps people coming back. And, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies for their community every week. What makes them so good?

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Education Chris Schulz, About 3 hours ago

State’s Teacher’s Unions Tout Growth Amidst National Decline

West Virginia has the 19th strongest teacher’s unions in the country but is one of only five states where membership hasn’t declined.

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Education Chris Schulz, Sep. 03, 2025

State’s Two Largest Education Unions Are Now One

The merger was first announced in February 2024, with both prior entities granting formal approval in March.

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Education Chris Schulz, Mar. 31, 2025

State’s Two Largest Education Unions Finalize Merger

Dale Lee, president of WVEA, and AFT-WV President Kristie Skidmore will serve as co-presidents of the new organization until elections in 2027.

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Government Curtis Tate, Sep. 06, 2024

Expecting Downgrade, Postal Workers Relieved Jobs Will Stay

The U.S. Postal Service late last year announced a plan to convert the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center into a local processing hub. The change would have sent other functions, and workers, to southwest Pennsylvania.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Feb. 27, 2024

A Conversation With New Mountaineer Area Council Boy Scout Chair Amy Garbrick, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, the Mountaineer Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America serves 12 counties in north central West Virginia. On Feb. 8, the council appointed the first woman to serve as its governing board president. Jack Walker spoke with new president Amy Garbrick about her scouting background and gender inclusivity in scouting since the Boy Scouts became co-ed in 2019.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jun. 19, 2023

The Changing Media Landscape, Inside Appalachia

This week, we’re joined by Lilly Knoepp, regional reporter at Blue Ridge Public Radio in Western North Carolina. Boom and bust cycles for coal, timber and textiles are nothing new to Appalachia. Today, we’re seeing another industry struggle – local journalism. Some newspapers have scaled back or disappeared entirely, but journalism isn’t dying. Journalists are adapting and some are reinventing what they do.

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