W.Va. AmeriCorps Programs See Jump In Federal Funds
AmeriCorps programs across the state will share in more than $6.4 million of federal funding for a variety of community support programs.
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LISTEN: Jennifer Hartswick Has The Mountain Stage Song of the Week
This week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage is a Five Favorites edition featuring a collection of favorite sets from 2023, chosen by our host Kathy Mattea. We'll hear performances by Jason Isbell, Catherine Russell, Karla Bonoff, The High Kings, and Jennifer Hartswick Band.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCapito On Cuts To NPR, PBS And Documenting Changes In Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, what West Virginia’s senior senator, Shelley Moore Capito, has to say about funding for public broadcasting after she and other Republicans vote for cuts. Plus, a photographer and filmmaker who grew up in West Virginia has turned the camera on the Appalachian region of his childhood.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Homewrecker Returns To Hillbilly Hotdogs
Hillbilly Hotdogs is more than a typical West Virginia hotdog stand. It’s a bona fide roadside attraction. The lot is an eccentric collection of rustic-looking buildings covered in graffiti, repurposed school buses and reclaimed junk poking fun at hillbilly stereotypes.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTips On Telling A Good Lie
Appalachian storyteller W.I. “Bill” Hairston gives advice for contestants in the popular Vandalia Gathering Liars Contest.
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Sky High Objections From Prison Workers And A Protest For NIOSH, This West Virginia Morning
Two very different kinds of protests call attention to concerns about federal cuts.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA DIY Skatepark, Plus Disability Justice During Hazardous Spills, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, there’s no public skatepark in Martinsburg, so locals spent a decade building one from scratch. And they’re not alone: Skaters nationwide are adding ramps and rails to abandoned lots, calling them DIY skateparks...
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