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On this West Virginia Morning, we lost the beloved Dolly Parton this week. The Tennessee native was an American music icon, an actress and a philanthropist. She was also, undeniably, Appalachian.
To mark her passing, Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Ted Olson, a country music historian at East Tennessee State University’s Department for Appalachian Studies.
And South Charleston High School’s varsity football team took to the field for the first game of the season Thursday night wearing new, safer helmets that are showing up on football fields across the state.
Also, a West Virginia whistleblower alleges federal funds for HIV treatment are being misused, and some of the best whitewater in the country is coming to West Virginia in a few short weeks.
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