Collection of Kenneth King, WV Mine Wars Museum
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This August will mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain. Iniside Appalachia Folkways reporter Rebecca Williams talks to Saro Lynch-Thomason, a ballad singer and folklorist from Asheville North Carolina. Saro created the Blair Pathways Project, which tells the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars through music.
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A complaint filed against West Virginia officials and the state Department of Health and Human Resources, alleging that they violated the rights of a dozen foster care children, has been dismissed. -
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As she went through a timeline of state and federal regulatory decisions, an attorney for giant drug distributor Cardinal Health told a federal judge that the huge numbers of opioid painkillers shipped to Cabell County were never “unreasonable.”
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The famous Civil War-era ballad “Tom Dooley” has everything: love triangle, a grisly murder, a manhunt and a hanging. A version of this song by the Kingston Trio struck a universal chord 60 years ago when it topped the Billboard charts. Inside Appalachia Folkways reporter Heather Duncan is a native of Wilkes County, North Carolina, where the song unfolds. She recently explored why ballads like ‘Tom Dooley’, based on real tragedies and real people, have such staying power.
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Jacob Blickenstaff
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Jacob Blickenstaff
Mountain Stage will offer a free, one-time-only live stream of this Sunday’s show emanating from the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. There are tickets available to join us in person, or anyone with an internet connection will be able to watch the show as it happens at MountainStage.org and at LiveSessions.NPR.org.
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Collection of Kenneth King, WV Mine Wars Museum
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This week on Inside Appalachia, co-host Mason Adams sits down with Elizabeth LaPrelle, who grew up in Rural Retreat, Virginia. She and her husband Brian Dolphin moved from Brooklyn back to southwestern Virginia just before the pandemic hit. As longtime performers and new parents they took to Facebook Live, posting weekly livestreams of lullabies and stories. We’ll also hear about a song called “Tom Dooley,” which was first released shortly after the Civil War. It resurfaced 60 years ago, when it topped the Billboard charts.
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"It's the unknown that people are afraid of," said Council Member Sharon Kuhl. In an 8-1 vote Tuesday evening, the council banned any new addiction treatment centers and recovery homes from opening in the city for about a year.
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Growing mushrooms that are harvested from the wild is doable. Jeremiah Stevens fromOhio Valley Mushrooms give us a look into his home lab.
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Brig. Gen. David V. Cochran assumed command of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) from Brig. Gen. Ray Shepard in a formal change of command ceremony held at the 130th Airlift Wing, McLaughlin Air Force Base in Charleston.
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A report published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that the John Amos, Mountaineer and Mitchell plants will no longer be economical to operate in five years.
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A new group of winners in the state's COVID-19 vaccination sweepstakes was announced by the office of Gov. Jim Justice. The top prize winner was a retired health care worker from Ronceverte, Wanda Coleman.
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West Virginia education officials have launched a voluntary competition called “I Got Vaxxed” that is asking students 12 and older to get their COVID-19 vaccination. Children 11 and under are not yet eligible for the vaccine.
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