Whitewater Rafting

The Year After Hurricane Helene, Inside Appalachia

This week, it's been a year since Hurricane Helene hit central Appalachia. From the start, the recovery has brought people together. Also, country music’s Rob McNurlin grew up with traditional music in Eastern Kentucky. His friend Marty Stuart says he’s a folk hero. And, we check up on Virginia rapper and producer Byron Mack.

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Pictures From Alleghania And Remembering Travis Stimeling, Inside Appalachia

This week, an international photographer turns his lens toward home. Also, after Hurricane Helene, whitewater rafting guides are adapting to diminished business and changed rivers. And, we remember Travis Stimeling. The author, musician and educator left a mark on mountain culture and the people who practice and document it.  

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Encore: The Climbing Climate And Paddle Making, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, rock climbers with disabilities have found a home in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, which offers some pumpy crags. Climbers have also been working to make West Virginia's New River Gorge more inclusive. And a master craftsman, who makes one of a kind whitewater paddles remembers some advice.

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Surfing In The Mountain State And Supporting Artists In Writing Groups, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginia is becoming a fall destination for surfing, and North Carolina poet Clint Bowman.

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