LISTEN: James McMurtry Has Our Mountain Stage Song Of The Week

This week’s encore episode of Mountain Stage features one of Americana music’s most heralded and admired writers, James McMurtry. He performs songs from his latest album, The Horses and the Hounds, on New West Records. We also get a set of enchanting new music from Aoife O’Donovan, a high-energy performance from the effervescent Sammy Rae & The Friends, plus Nashville based hit writer Natalie Hemby, and songwriter Heather Maloney.

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Government Chris Schulz, Jun. 05, 2023

81st District's New Delegate Discusses Appointment, Plans

In April, Anitra Hamilton was selected to serve out the remainder of Del. Danielle Walker’s term, and reporter Chris Schulz sat down with Hamilton to discuss her new position and plans.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, May. 10, 2023

Appalachian Author Wins A Pulitzer On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, Kentucky author Barbara Kingsolver won a 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her newest novel Demon Copperhead. In light of this achievement, we are listening back to our interview with Kingsolver last fall, when she was recognized as the 2022 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence at Shepherd University.

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Government Shepherd Snyder, May. 09, 2023

Lawmakers Discuss Uses, Concerns Of AI Tech In Legislative Interim

Members of the Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary discussed the potential uses, and concerns, of artificial intelligence technology with representatives from tech companies including Microsoft, DataRobot and ROC.AI during an interim meeting Monday morning.

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Government WVPB Staff, May. 09, 2023

NUCOR And State Legislative Interims On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we have an update on the NUCOR steel plant in Mason County and reports from May interims of the West Virginia Legislature.

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Education Shepherd Snyder, May. 08, 2023

Efforts To Bring Retired Teachers Back Sees Some Success, But Many Positions Still Unfilled

Lawmakers received an update Sunday on an initiative that brings retired personnel back into schools to relieve staff shortages.

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Government Emily Rice, May. 08, 2023

Clarity Provided On Foster Care Ombudsmen

Pamela Woodman-Kaehler, office director of the Foster Care Ombudsman, gave a presentation and answered questions about West Virginia’s Foster Care Ombudsman’s purposes and functions.

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