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West Virginia’s community of Institute is featured in two documentaries that examine environmental safety and accountability. Both films will be screened outdoors on Thursday, Oct. 5 at Institute's Shawnee Regional Park.
David Adkins
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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The collections are organized by the agency’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP), which helps organize litter cleanups around West Virginia. The program has organized 13 tire events in October and November. -
Numerous West Virginia counties are struggling to recruit and retain school bus drivers and mechanics.
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Last Friday, the company filed a complaint in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan against American Consolidated Natural Resources.
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On this West Virginia Morning, Randy Yohe talks with state business development manager Meghan Smith and workforce developer Dave Lavender about the re-established West Virginia Film Office and revamped Film Tax Credit. They say film production companies bringing new revenues and jobs may soon be calling out lights, camera, action.
Mountain Stage
Amos Perrine
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Mountain Stage
This week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage features a very special performance from Texas music legend Robert Earl Keen, who joined us on his final tour this past summer.
Inside Appalachia
Randy Yohe
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting
This week on Inside Appalachia, we’re learning about an unexpected immigrant to central Appalachia — the armadillo. We’ll also take a ride on the Cass Scenic Railroad and follow reporter Randy Yohe as he explores some one-of-a-kind getaways in West Virginia. And, just in time for the paw paw harvest, we revisit one of our 2020 stories about this wild food delicacy.
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After repealing state filming policies in 2018 that failed to provide a positive return on investment, the Office of Economic Development has re-established the WV Film Office with a revamped State Film Tax Credit now in play.
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Impending changes to the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will put a work requirement in place for some West Virginia residents who rely on the program to buy groceries.
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Parents on both sides of the school funding issue said they want the best education for their special needs children; it’s the delivery and funding issues that vastly differ.
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Gov. Jim Justice has announced a new school safety initiative that aims to unify school safety prevention and response to school shootings.
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Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.
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Biologists from Radford University found the rodents in the Virginia section of the park, which also spans West Virginia and Maryland.
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