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This October, the Adaptive Climbers Festival will gather in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge for the fifth year. In 2023, Folkways Reporter Emily Chen-Newton covered the event for Inside Appalachia. Since then, the Adaptive Climbers Festival has grown. Organizers say they’re nearly at capacity, with 300 climbers, caregivers and volunteers. Ahead of the festival, the campground has made accessibility improvements. Volunteers with the ACF have also been sprucing up the trails.
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The fallout continues from an anti-Muslim poster and materials displayed Friday during West Virginia’s GOP Day at the Capitol. Host Suzanne Higgins speaks with leaders of three religions – Islam, Judaism, and Christianity – who all say the issues of racism and discrimination go far deeper than Friday’s events.
Senior Statehouse Reporter Dave Mistich also joins the show to share an update on the latest legislative action.
Gov. Jim Justice held a press conference primarily to announce February’s revenue collections, which resulted in a $12.2 million surplus and is 11.3 percent above Feb. 2018’s receipts. However, the governor also weighed in on the West Virginia GOP Day events.
Ibtesam Sue Barazi, Vice President, Islamic Association of West Virginia, Rabbi Victor Urecki, B’Nai Jacob Synagogue, Charleston, and Fr. Brian O’Donnell, SJ, Dir., Catholic Conference of West Virginia join us to discuss issues of racism and discrimination.
After passage in the House, the controversial concealed campus carry bill (HB 2519) is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was on the calendar for consideration Monday, but it was pulled off the agenda. As Reporter Randy Yohe reports, a small but active group of protestors delivered their message to the Senate Monday.
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Two federally important facilities located in West Virginia require a strict limit on radio frequency interference. But for decades – increasingly as communication systems have become more advanced – those limits have made it difficult for emergency crews and first responders in Pendleton and Pocahontas counties to do their jobs as safely and effectively as possible. Now the results of a lengthy federal study show exactly how precarious the situation is. We caught up with Pendleton County Emergency Management’s Rick Gillespie to find out what the study shows and what happens next.
In recent years, physicians across the country have monitored surges of a condition known as Alpha-Gal Syndrome, which can cause allergic reactions to red meat. Hannah Saad with Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom member station WKMS reports that, now, farmers, restaurateurs and the afflicted are flocking to a new source of protein.
This week, one thing about Appalachians: we can get competitive. We’re proud of our local food. Love a good hunt. And enjoy competition with friends. We learn the rules and celebrate our victories. You'll hear these stories and more this week, Inside Appalachia.
