This week, we look back at 2025. We met some fascinating people, like Aaron Dowdy of country rock band Fust. Also, central Appalachia continued to recover from Hurricane Helene. From the beginning, the recovery brought people together. And, we made a trip to Hillbilly Hotdog to take on "The Homewrecker."
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Two southern West Virginia Senators discuss the economic impact the decline in the state’s coal industry is having not just on the overall state budget, but the county level budgets as well which have led to cuts in programs and services as well as school layoffs.
Sen. Bill Laird of Fayette County and Sen. Ron Stollings of Boone County join us.
A Senate committee approves a bill to allow Constitutional carry in West Virginia, but not without making some of their own changes first, and members of the chamber also approve a measure to ban a second-trimester abortion method commonly used across the country, but rarely done in West Virginia.
The House Education Committee held a public hearing on a bill that would allow West Virginia University Institute of Technology to transfer its headquarters from Montgomery to Beckley, taking the entire institution with it.
This week, we go a-wassailing in Asheville, North Carolina. It’s kind of like Christmas caroling, with a kick. Also, family recipes bring generations together. But what happens when you’ve got grandma’s potato candy recipe, and it doesn’t have exact measurements? And, a new book explores the magical dark side of nature.
Christmas has become a huge cultural and commercial holiday, but where did we get traditions like Christmas trees? And how do people in other countries celebrate? We talk with West Virginia University (WVU) religious studies professors Aaron Gale and Alex Snow to learn more about Christmas' ancient history.
On this West Virginia Week, the National Guard stays in Washington, D.C. for now, a deadline looms for Real IDs and West Virginia band, The Carpenter Ants, celebrate the holidays with a new record.