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The winner of this year s Readers’ Choice Award is Drake Rasnic of Mount Hope. His story, “Cheese World, will be made into an animated production by West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Shown here in the center of the audience, he reacts to seeing a special preview of the animation during the awards ceremony for the 2021 PBS Kids Writers Contest at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia.
Nineteen children from across the Mountain State have earned top writing awards in West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s 2021 PBS Kids Writers Contest.
Winners received certificates, prizes, cupcakes and were treated to special entertainment during a private awards ceremony for parents and their aspiring young authors and illustrators at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston last weekend.
On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about a new apprenticeship program aimed at training the next generation of water and wastewater workers. Also, we have a conversation with an economist who describes how the job landscape has evolved for 2021 college graduates.
Published May 4, 2021 at 9:27 AM EDT Listen • 16:08
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West Virginia Morning, many of us gained weight during the coronavirus pandemic. But for some, the stress and the worry led to bigger problems. According to the National Eating Disorders Association, hotline calls were up nearly 80 percent in the past year. We explore the impacts in West Virginia.
Also, in this show, last Friday, Charleston Police shot a Black man on the city’s West Side while attempting to make an arrest. Many residents in Charleston are left wondering why police resorted to shooting Denaul Dickerson as they call for the city to take action.
Published May 3, 2021 at 9:44 AM EDT Listen • 15:32
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West Virginia Morning, West Virginia and the nation s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is losing traction, so officials are exploring incentives to get people vaccinated. Also, a trial begins in Charleston against three major drug distributors for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic. We also recap some state education legislation, and we have reports on abandoned mines and solar energy.
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Slavalachia: Bringing Cultures Together Through Folk Music
Brett Hill attended Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau first American show at a small bar in Athens, Ohio, in March 2019, which was the start of a music collaboration that has now reached across an ocean during a global pandemic.
Photo by Chad Reich/100 Days in Appalachia
A group of musicians from Belarus, Ukraine, and Ohio discover a shared story about music and oppression.
May 3, 2021
Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau was in Chicago in March 2019 on a U.S. tour presenting folk art and music from his Eastern European home. Nadzeya Ilkevich, then a second-year graduate student at Ohio University, caught wind and lured her friend and fellow countryman to Athens, Ohio an Appalachian foothill college town of about 40,000 to perform traditional Belarusian so