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Cloe, Isabella , Bryson, and Landon just before the first day of school in Athens, West Virginia, during the coronavirus pandemic in fall 2020.
It s been a long and fascinating year for most of us, and that includes our reporting staff. We have sought to shine a fair and focused spotlight on stories of interest in our region. From the statehouse to the courthouse, to the environment and other crucial issues, our work has been dedicated to not only informing but also educating, a part of our broader mission in public media.
As we turn a corner after a difficult 2020, we plan to continue our passionate commitment to showcasing your world with open hearts and fresh eyes every day. We appreciate your listening, reading and viewing and we urge you to support the strong journalism at West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
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On this
West Virginia Morning, faith has been tested all sorts of ways in the time of the pandemic. We hear from a pastor and a rabbi in Charleston, who have made some changes in how they deliver services. Also, we explore how churches are discussing social justice issues and race.
For many, church can be a place to find answers. But it’s also a place for asking questions. After a summer of racial unrest, some West Virginia congregations are asking: how does the church talk about race? Duncan Slade has this report about how some of these conversations are playing out.
Connie Kitts-Bailey topping off gingerbread cake with her cousin Alice Bailey Nunn. Nunn s dad, Jim Bailey, made the sorghum used in the recipe.
Have you ever noticed how conversations about food can lead us to learn surprising things about each other? In this week’s episode of
Inside Appalachia, we talk about holiday foods. We’ve got recipes for things like cranberry salad, sorghum gingerbread, and pecan pie. But more than recipes, this show is about the power of memory, and tradition.
Co-host Caitlin Tan shares her grandmother’s recipe for stollen, a special German sweet bread that she makes each Christmas. And co-host Mason Adams sits down with his mom to talk about baking cookies during the holidays. Their conversation led her to divulge a secret. “Oh goodness, I love to make cookies.
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More than 30 members of the combined American-Austrian family gathered for a reunion in Pickens, W.Va., in August 2019.
If you live in Appalachia, or for that matter, if you’ve ever lived in Appalachia, you are a part of our family. It defines us. This week on
Inside Appalachia we’ll hear about family found in unexpected places like a West Virginia family who got a letter from a sister in Austria they didn’t even know they had.
And a young man in North Carolina was inspired to learn old-time music when he saw a jaw-dropping performance by a fiddle player named Fred McBride. Turns out they’re related.
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On this
West Virginia Morning, we look at West Virginia’s overburdened foster care system and how the U.S. Department of Justice has been working with state officials for years to try to improve conditions. Also, we bring you this week’s
Mountain Stage Song of the Week from songwriter Sam Beam.
There are more than 400,000 children across the U.S. currently in the foster care system. Taking care of all these kids is a massive undertaking, overseen by government workers who are overworked, and agencies that are historically underfunded.
West Virginia’s foster care system has been completely overwhelmed. And while the state government points to improvements in the past several years, others argue these reforms don’t go far enough, including 12 foster care children who are now suing the state.