Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia

This week, in author Willie Carver, Jr.’s new book, he reconsiders a negative childhood experience with a neighborhood girl who might have just been looking for a friend. Also, a southwestern Virginia community rang the alarm after more and more of its children were diagnosed with cancer. A local journalist is trying to unravel the cause. And, the city of Asheville has a new crusading reporter. He’s a puppet.

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Government Bill Lynch, Mar. 28, 2026

Census Numbers Down And Google Arrives, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, census data shows a decline, Google buys in to the state and the consequences of the Safer Kentucky law. Bill Lynch is our host this week. Our theme music is by Matt Jack...

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Mar. 27, 2026

Photographing Grandfamilies in Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a photographer spends more than a decade documenting grandfamilies and new business opportunities come to the state.

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Arts & Culture Chris Schulz, Mar. 26, 2026

Justice Advances National Monument To Medal Of Honor Recipients

Justice's bill authorizing a monument on the National Mall passed the Senate unanimously.

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Arts & Culture Chris Schulz, Nov. 13, 2025

Morrisey Creates Commission To Create Statue Of Woody Williams

The commission will be chaired by Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby with members to be announced in the coming weeks.

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Government Randy Yohe, Jan. 22, 2025

Bill Creating Medal Of Honor Monument Highlights Woody Williams

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill -- named for W.Va. native Hershel "Woody" Williams -- to locate a Medal of Honor Monument on the National Mall, near the Lincoln Memorial.

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Arts & Culture Eric Douglas, Nov. 11, 2024

History: Veterans Day Celebrated For 105 Years

On Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m. the guns of World War I fell silent with a lasting armistice between the warring sides. The war officially came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles the next summer. ...

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