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This week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded on the campus of West Virginia University at the Canady Creative Arts Center. On this episode, we hear live performances from Duke Robillard Band, Cedric Burnside, Sam Weber, Las Cafeteras, and The Black Feathers.

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Arts & Culture Jessica Lilly, May. 20, 2021

Artists Take Public To School With Social Issues Exhibition in Beckley

An exhibit in Beckley called “Social Studies” is displaying visual art that relates to local, national and even global social standards.

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WVPB News Dec. 13, 2019

Two Decades Of Resistance: Coal River Mountain Watch Takes Stock At 20

Coal River Mountain Watch’s history of resistance to mountaintop coal mining is plastered across the wood panelled walls of the group’s modest office in…

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WVPB News Apr. 10, 2019

Coal Community Residents Again Ask Congress For Health Study Of Mountaintop Removal

Residents of Appalachian coal communities told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday that the controversial mining practice known as mountaintop removal…

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WVPB News Roxy Todd, Apr. 27, 2018

Grant Funding Available for Economic Development Projects on Strip Mines

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation is taking applications for grant funding…

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WVPB News Oct. 29, 2017

We Have Questions: Seeking Explanation for Halted Mining Impact Study in Appalachia

In a move officials say is meant to "ensure the proper and responsible allocation of taxpayers’ money," a forthcoming study on the public health impacts…

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