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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, May. 30, 2026

Appalachian Monster Game And Nelsonville Music Festival, Inside Appalachia

This week, a new roleplaying game gives folks in the workplace a chance to be a mythical Appalachian monster. Also, southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in June. We talk with the founder about what keeps people coming back. And, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies for their community every week. What makes them so good?

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Energy & Environment WVPB Staff, May. 07, 2026

Fracking Proposals And Possible Impacts, This West Virginia Morning

A plan to funnel millions of dollars in oil and gas royalties toward conservation efforts is getting support from an unexpected group. From The Allegheny Front, we learn about fracking proposals in southeastern Ohio – and what WVU researchers say could be the impact on wildlife.

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Government WVPB Staff, Feb. 25, 2026

Fracking Waste And Sorting Out The State Budget, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about radioactive materials and other contaminants in solid fracking waste, and the state Legislature is still working its way through next fiscal year’s budget, but Gov. Patrick Morrisey wants the body to follow his lead.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jan. 30, 2026

A Secret City In East Tennessee, Inside Appalachia

This week, we take a look at how the U.S. government built a secret city in East Tennessee during World War II to work on the atomic bomb. Also, almost everybody has a favorite cup or coffee mug, but how far would you go to replace it? And, we hear from a cabinetmaker on the physicality of poetry.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Oct. 09, 2025

King Of Severance Taxes? It's No Longer Coal, But Gas

Historically, coal generated the bulk of severance taxes. But the advent of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, gave gas the advantage.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Sep. 12, 2025

These Coal Plants Lose Money. Other States Have Walked Away, But W.Va. Hasn’t

Public anger is growing over rising electricity prices nationwide. In West Virginia, Appalachian Power customers have been paying hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden costs.

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