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Omaha, Nebraska – Obtaining 8(a) Business Development program certification from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is a big advantage for companies owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and the challenges of navigating the lengthy process can be lessened by the experienced consultants in the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) program. “The difficulties inherent to the 8(a) certification process can be very frustrating for small business owners,” says Veronica Doga, PTAC program directo...

West Virginia Public Broadcasting 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 ...

/ Lucas Pasley. More than a few families with strong musical traditions call Appalachia home. West Virginia alone has the Hammons and the Kessingers, talented kin known worldwide as bearers of musical traditions. But, for Lucas Pasley, a fiddler, banjo player and singer-songwriter from Alleghany County, North Carolina, family musical traditions were not some flowing stream to draw from. They were more of a deep spring, hidden in plain sight. Lucas grew up in a family with more than its fair share of musical talent. "They would sing for weddings, for churches, and for revivals," Lucas recalle...