New Novel Explores The Plight Of Appalachia’s Talented Young People

Virginia writer Emilee Hackney has a complicated relationship with her home. She loves the place where she’s from, in Tazewell County — her friends, family, the swimming holes and mountains and wild places — but she also felt stifled. Her new memoir "All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir" explores this tension and her experience when she did leave. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Hackney about the book.

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Energy & Environment Maria Young, Jun. 09, 2026

Bear Killed In Charleston Showcases Rise In Encounters With Humans

West Virginians have a greater chance of encountering bears - including one that showed up in downtown Charleston on Monday - in the month of June.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Mar. 20, 2026

Diving Into Spring, Inside Appalachia

This week, we meet the woman behind the popular TikTok account “Appalachian Forager.” She makes jam from pawpaws and jewelry from coyote teeth. Also, we sit in on a master class in foraging for wild mushrooms. And, when a West Virginia pastor got assigned to a new church, folks tried to warn him.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, May. 23, 2025

Appalachian Prison Book Project, Inside Appalachia

This week, Inside Appalachia, the Appalachian Prison Book Project has been sending books to incarcerated people for nearly 20 years. Its most popular book is the dictionary. Also, the Seeing Hand Association brings together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. And, crossing a river by ferry can be a special experience, and hard to come by. On the Ohio River, a retiring ferry captain passes the torch to his deck hand.

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Energy & Environment Eric Douglas, May. 12, 2025

Human-Black Bear Conflict Creates Problems In W.Va.

Not too long ago, West Virginia’s black bear population was estimated to be about 500 animals. But conservation efforts brought them back from the brink of extinction. Today, the greatest problem facing the state bear is human interactions. ...

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Health & Science Chris Schulz, Jul. 28, 2023

World Record Attempt Brings Attention To Home Gardening, Food Access

History could be made Friday night at a baseball game in Morgantown — but it won’t have anything to do with the ball game.

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Arts & Culture Eric Douglas, Nov. 30, 2020

Morgantown Black Bears To Join Special Draft League

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced Monday that the minor league Morgantown Black Bears will become part of the organization’s professional draft league.

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