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Leaders of the state’s two education employee organizations are holding focus groups across the state.
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Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch announced that Cammie Chapman will be his Deputy Secretary of Child and Adult Services. -
The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will perform a holiday favorite, Sounds of the Season, at select venues around the state.
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On this West Virginia Morning, William R. Sharpe Hospital is a state-run facility for patients with mental illnesses. Some have raised concerns about the care provided at the hospital and DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch came into our studio to respond. News Director Eric Douglas sat down with him last week.
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“Making Our Future” by former West Virginia state folklorist Emily Hilliard dives deep into the niches of Mountain State culture, from songs of the labor movement to the history of hot dogs. The book was released on Nov. 22, 2022.
Mountain Stage
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We have an archive special episode this weekend from 2013 featuring The Del McCoury Band, The Travelin' McCourys with Keller Williams, Mandolin Orange, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, and Susan Werner.
- Listen: John Fullbright Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week, From Pittsburg, Kansas
- Listen: Sonny Landreth & Cindy Cashdollar Have the Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
- Listen: Sophie B. Hawkins Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
- Listen: Ray Wylie Hubbard Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Inside Appalachia
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This week, we talk with folklorist Emily Hilliard about her new book exploring contemporary folklife and Appalachian culture. We’ll also hear about the Asian-Appalachian experience from a student filmmaker who was born in China and grew up in western Maryland, and we’ll travel back to 2016 and listen to an interview with JD Vance. Back then, he was a newly published author, promoting his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Now, he’s Ohio’s newly elected U.S. senator.
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A new analysis looks at the impact of climate change over the last decade. Despite its size, West Virginia ranks high in disaster spending.
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Dustin Bell, a STEAM and social studies teacher at Pleasants County Middle School, has earned West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Above and Beyond Award for October, which recognizes excellence and creativity of Mountain State teachers.
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Harpers Ferry is giving tourists a taste of life during the Civil War as the holiday season begins.
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As high prices force more Americans to ask for help to put food on the table, food pantries across the state are feeling the strain as well.
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The shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs this past weekend was an all too familiar story for many in the LGBTQ community, and one that highlights local safety concerns.
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In a Tuesday posting on her website, Sen. Patricia Puertas Rucker, R-Jefferson, announced she is withdrawing as a candidate for President of the West Virginia State Senate.
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