This week, historian Mills Kelly’s love affair with the Appalachian Trail started when he was a boy scout. Also, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. And, Cuz’s Uptown Barbeque in southwestern Virginia fuses Asian ideas with Appalachian comfort food.
Capitol Office Keeps W. Va. Citizens Informed About Legislature
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While the legislature’s process has been slowed due to the chemical leak, one office down in the basement of the Capitol continues its function of keeping the public informed.
“We’re essentially called the Office of Public Information or Legislative Information,” Director Drew Ross said.
“We’re staffed with four, two full-time writers, two per-diem writers during session and this year we have two interns that help us help the members. Because, what you see is the Capitol press corps has been getting smaller and smaller every year and some of the newspapers around the state don’t have the resources to send reporters to the Capitol. So, we go ahead and send basic information.”
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This week, historian Mills Kelly’s love affair with the Appalachian Trail started when he was a boy scout. Also, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. And, Cuz’s Uptown Barbeque in southwestern Virginia fuses Asian ideas with Appalachian comfort food.
Mills Kelly is a lifelong hiker and Appalachian Trail scholar. He shares the trail’s history and more on "The Green Tunnel Podcast." He’s also written several books, including his most recent, called "A Hiker’s History of the Appalachian Trail." Inside Appalachia’s Bill Lynch spoke with Kelly to learn more.
Two weeks ago, on April 16, John Lucas was run over by an ambulance from the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority at 2 a.m. in Elkview. And then he was dragged for nearly two miles. He died from his injuries. News Director Eric Douglas spoke with the family’s attorney, Scott Summers, and brings us this interview.