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This story was updated on June 16, 2020, at 4:50 p.m. to include a statement from the Environmental Protection Agency. The rain poured down for hours on…
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With kids cooped up inside their homes and classroom instruction happening remotely, we thought it would be a great time to take another listen to an…
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Ten years ago, on April 5, 2010, 29 men who worked at an underground coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, lost their lives. The Upper Big Branch…
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Stories about Appalachia tend to fall into two camps-- quaint stories about cultural oddities, or reports about grim health and economic statics that our…
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Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Eric Douglas began his journalism career in Matewan, West Virginia nearly 30 years ago. He recently revisited the…
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Eric Gardner has a different perspective than most about the rivers in central Appalachia. That’s because he spends most of his time in them. Gardner is a…
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has told voters in coal-producing Kentucky that it's possible to be a friend of coal miners and a…
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Across Appalachia, thousands of coal miners have suffered from black lung disease. In the 1960s, miners organized a movement to end the chronic condition.…
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The recent rise of oil and gas drilling across West Virginia has raised questions about industry regulation and taxation. Many bear a striking resemblance…
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There’s a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia where some locals say living there is a "blast."As part of our occasional series, "What’s in a Name," we…