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This week, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. Also, folk singer Ginny Hawker grew up singing the hymns of the Primitive Baptist Church, but she didn’t think of performing until she got a little boost from Appalachian icon Hazel Dickens. And, the chef of an award-winning Asheville restaurant was shaped by memories of growing up in West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Intermediate Court of Appeals reversed three charges dismissed by the lower court, but upheld the dismissal of three other charges.
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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFounded by assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA focuses its energies largely on college students. This fall, Marshall University joined ranks with more than 900 college campuses now hosting Turning Point chapters. We talk with Marshall’s Turning Point USA President, Branson Tolliver, about the goals of the growing movement.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHigh winds Wednesday fanned more than 20 fires across the state, and the largest of those fires is still burning. Also, we speak with a journalist who has been covering population decline in central Appalachia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGov. Patrick Morrisey was in Parkersburg, Moundsville and Fairmont Thursday to emphasize the connection between a healthier population and a healthier economy.
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