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Appalachians have always made use of the region’s wide variety of plants. A new book, called Appalachian Plants: In the Garden, In the Yard, and In the Wild, explores some of the history and lore of regional staples. It’s written by Linda Hager Pack and illustrated by Pat Banks. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with them.
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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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On this West Virginia Week, the state signs a memorandum of understanding about nuclear energy, the Public Service Commission disputes need for a transmission line, and 9/11 is remembered.
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.
Twenty-five years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, at 8:46 a.m., a hijacked plane hit one of the twin towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, ending for this nation a certain innocence, and the belief that such an attack would never happen on American soil. Maria Young caught up an economics professor from WVU who was on site when the planes hit – and gave an exclusive interview to then-West Virginia Public Broadcasting News Director Beth Vorhees.
They love West Virginia. They want to make their future here, but jobs, housing and opportunity can make that choice harder than it sounds. In the first of two Us & Them episodes, Trey Kay talks with young West Virginians trying to decide whether they can put down their own roots in a place they call home.