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Crackdown Yields Dozens Of Arrests And Teaching Kids To Love Reading, This West Virginia Week

The government shutdown, crackdowns on drugs and immigration, concern about the future of clean energy jobs and an effort to help kids across the nation learn to love reading were all in the news this week.

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'Disposable,' Accessible Climbing And Memes, Inside Appalachia

This week, COVID-19 exposed the contempt society has for marginalized people. The author of a new book says these folks are anything but passive. Also, rock climbers with disabilities have found a home in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, which offers some pumpy crags. And, the online world of Appalachian memes and what they tell us about the folks who live here.

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W.Va. Contingency Fund Pays For National Parks To Reopen During Shutdown

West Virginia's national parks are the first in the nation to re-open in the midst of the federal government shutdown.

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Kentucky AG Backs Kentucky Power's Bid To Keep W.Va. Coal Plant

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman backs Kentucky Power’s effort to retain ownership of half the Mitchell Plant beyond 2028.

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