This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, for nearly a century, the KY Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in TN. So, what happens after a birth? A photographer followed one mother for a year.

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert with special guests Jim Lange and Eddie Isom this TODAY at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're exploring some thrilling Film Noir classics with music from The Maltese Falcon and Sunset Boulevard! #WVPB

Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from indie folk rocker and singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy. We listen to a stripped-down version of her original song “Get Back,” which appears on her 2023 album, Echo the Diamond. Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this song now. 🎧

It’s time to reconsider what we know about America’s Revolutionary War. Ahead of Ken Burns’ PBS series, Us & Them hosts leading historians at Shepherd University to revisit 1776 with fresh eyes — and ask what it means as America nears its 250th.

#WVPBInTheField Bryce Smith, a WVPB video producer, captures the movement of a group reenactors at the Flax Scutching Festival in Stahlstown, Pennsylvania. Footage from the Flax Scutching Festiva will be used as part of WVPB's documentary Always Free, Mountaineers in the Revolution.

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert with special guests Jim Lange and Eddie Isom this Friday at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, it's Film Noir classics with music from The Maltese Falcon and Sunset Boulevard! #WVPB

#WVPBInTheField Conor Martin, a WVPB video producer, records reenactors at the Siege of Fort Boonesborough reenactment at Fort Boonesborough State Park in Richmond, Kentucky. Footage from Fort Boonesborough will be used as part of WVPB's documentary Always Free, Mountaineers in the Revolution.

Do you know a WV K-12 teacher who goes above and beyond for their students? If so, why not nominate them for our Above and Beyond Award? 🍎✨ This award recognizes exceptional teachers who go the extra mile; teachers who use new and innovative strategies to reach students. Learn more! buff.ly/r7G0nQF

It's time for your weekly news recap with West Virginia Week. 📰🎧 Click/tap the link below to listen to our latest episode. 👇 #WVWeek

This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, hop aboard the Cass Scenic Railroad 🚂 for a visit with the people who keep the steam trains running. Also, we head to the woods and take a master class in foraging for 🍄 wild mushrooms. 👇 Listen to this episode now. 🎧 wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...

Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from the queen of bluegrass, Rhonda Vincent. We listen to her performance of “9 to 5." This 1980 classic was made popular by Grammy-winning music icon Dolly Parton. Tap the link below 👇 to listen to this song now. 🎧

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert TODAY for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're keeping you captive with music from Stephen Kings' Misery! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local WVPB radio station.

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert this Friday at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're keeping you captivated with music from Stephen Kings' Misery! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local WVPB radio station.

Mountain Readers Week is Oct. 6-10! Volunteer to read to your local library, daycare, community center and more. Our book this year is The Wonderfully Wild Ones by West Virginia author, Adeline Boggs and illustrated by Ashley Belote. Click the link to learn more! 👉 buff.ly/0B3Ya8W

Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers, and the community for coming out to Slack Plaza on Saturday to make #WVPB's first ever Be My Neighbor Day a success! By working together and spreading kindness, we are able to make our community a better place! 📷 : @rafaelbarkerphotography

Some behind the scenes photos of #WVPB video producers Conor Martin and Chris Oxley hard at work. This shoot was for our upcoming Mountain Readers Program. For more information visit: wvpublic.org/wvpb-educati...

This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, we remember Rex Stephenson. He’s known for his stage performances of the Jack Tales, which have captivated school kids since the ‘70s. Also, keeping the family farm going after six generations can be rough. Listen to this episode now. wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...

Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from Dublin-born singer-songwriter and guitarist John Doyle and Manchester-born flute, whistle, and uilleann pipes maestro Michael McGoldrick. We listen to their performance of “The False Lady."

America’s deep social divides are colliding w/a crisis of trust in the justice system. Stanford legal scholar David Sklansky tells #UsThemPodcast how practical reforms can retrain us in the habits a pluralistic democracy needs. How fixing justice could help fix us.

We are excited to announce that you can live streaming of the WVPB main channel, The West Virginia Channel, NHK World, and PBS KIDS are now available on our website and Passport/PBS App! Enjoy all of your favorite #WVPB programs anywhere you go! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org.

Join Classical Music host Matt Jackfert on Friday at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” This week, we're rescuing Matt Damon AGAIN with Hans Zimmer's incredible "Interstellar" score! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, the #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local WVPB radio station.

You're in for some serious fun when you join us for our free event, "Be My Neighbor Day!" on Sept. 13! 🐯🎈 Activities will include a Zoology Zone Science Center Reptile Show 🐊, Kids Yoga 🧘♀️, a community mural 🎨 with WV artist Nichole Westfall -- and so much more! RSVP 👇 buff.ly/U6CmvAO

#WVPB Education Department was thrilled to partner with Mountaineer Food Bank in Clay County! 680 children received a food box and educational care kits that included a book, educational supplies, a hands-on activity, and a pencil pouch full of goodies to spark creativity and a love of reading.

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert TODAY at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, life finds a way to bring you music from Jurrasic Park and Jaws! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local #WVPB radio station.

#WVPBInTheField Conor Martin and Troy Rankin, WVPB video producers, capture the action at the Fort Henry Days reenactment of the 1777 Siege of Fort Henry at Oglebay Park in Wheeling, West Virginia. This footage will be used in WVPB documentary Always Free!: Mountaineers in the Revolution.

Bryce Smith, Ethan Rayment, and Conor Martin, WVPB video producers, capture the action at the Fort Henry Days reenactment of the 1777 Siege of Fort Henry at Oglebay Park in Wheeling, West Virginia. This footage will be used in WVPB documentary Always Free!: Mountaineers in the Revolution.

You're in for some serious fun when you join us for our free event, "Be My Neighbor Day!" on Sept. 13! 🐯🎈 Activities will include a Zoology Zone Science Center Reptile Show 🐊, Kids Yoga 🧘‍♀️, a community mural 🎨 with WV artist Nichole Westfall -- and so much more! RSVP 👇 buff.ly/U6CmvAO

It's time for your weekly news recap with West Virginia Week. 📰🎧 Click/tap the link below to listen to our latest episode. #WVWeek

Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from the duo of Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius. We listen to them perform “Nervous,” a timely commentary about modern times that appears on O’Brien’s album He Walked On. Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this song now. 🎧

By 2040, America’s 85+ population will more than double. Our latest #UsThemPodcast explores how WV—already at nearly 21% over 65—will shoulder the caregiving load, w/voices from a live forum and clips from PBS’s Caregiving. If Medicaid gets squeezed, who catches us when we fall?

This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, a TN DJ takes us on a tour of Appalachian punk and metal. Also, Appalachian culture is enriched by its immigrants. We explore the fusion of WV & Japan. And, Appalachia isn’t all punk rock and Japanese food. There’s also string band music.

Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from Bahamas. We listen to his performance of “Trick to Happy," which is featured on his 2020 release, Sad Hunk. Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen to this song now. 🎧

Every week, more than two newspapers close in the US, leaving whole communities without local coverage. In the next Us & Them, Trey Kay visits communities on the verge of becoming news deserts to see how they’re fighting to keep their stories alive.

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert on Friday at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're rescuing Matt Damon from Mars with music from "The Martian"! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local WVPB radio station.

Photography has changed everything from science to industry to the way we remember our families. For World Photography Day, check out some of our favorite photos. ❤️

📻 Catch West Virginia Morning at its new time on WVPB Radio! Listen at 7:49 a.m., Monday through Friday. #WVMorning Or listen on your own time wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧 wvpublic.org/podcasts/wes...

Join #WVPB and the Raleigh County Public Library for Back-to-School with Clifford the Big Red Dog on August 23 from 11am to 1pm! There will be plenty of activities and a meet and greet with Clifford! This event is sponsored by the WV State Treasurer's Office. www.facebook.com/events/12444...

It's time for your weekly news recap with West Virginia Week. 📰🎧 Some folks can’t help but dance when they hear traditional old-time fiddle and banjo tunes. We hear from a few seasoned flatfooters about keeping their tradition alive. #WVWeek

Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from Rodney Crowell. We listen to his performance of “Weight of the World.” Click/tap the link below 👇 to listen now. 🎧

Bryce Smith and Troy Rankin, #WVPB video producers, capture the action at the Battle of Bushy Run reenactment in Jeanette, Pennsylvania. Footage from the Battle of Bushy Run reenactment will be used as part of WVPB's Revolutionary War documentary Always Free!: Mountaineers in the Revolution.

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert with guest Jim Lange TODAY at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're going out of this world with Campy Sci-fi films! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local WVPB radio station.

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert with guest Jim Lange tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're going out of this world with Campy Sci-fi films! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local WVPB radio station.

#WVPBInTheField Field Engineers Kurt Hanz and Ken Clutter working at our Bluefield tower site. Our antenna sits on an old AM radio tower, which requires extra care and tuning to ensure that both the AM and FM signals can coexist on the same tower without interference.

oin #WVPB and the Raleigh County Public Library for Back-to-School with Clifford the Big Red Dog on August 23 from 11am to 1pm! There will be plenty of activities and a meet and greet with Clifford! This event is sponsored by the WV State Treasurer's Office. www.facebook.com/events/12444...

It's time for your weekly news recap with West Virginia Week. 🎧📰 Screening for black lung disease is back on – after a pause. Also, Bernie Sanders brings his Fighting Oligarcy Tour to West Virginia, and the West Virginia State Fair celebrates its 100th season.

📣 Calling all West Virginia kids! 🎉 West Virginia’s children ages 8-10 have the opportunity to “tell their stories” as part of the America’s Awesome Kids project. This is a partnership between WVPB (WVPB) and GBH in Boston. Submissions are due by Aug. 20!

This week, #InsideAppalachia 🌄, after a disaster, can comics help set the record straight? Also, in Western North Carolina, a new generation of Cherokee potters are keeping old traditions, while shaping a modern practice all their own. wvpublic.org/podcasts/ins...

Join WVPB’s Classical Music host Matt Jackfert TODAY at 12:30 p.m. for “Film Score Fridays.” 📻 This week, we're Happy to highlight music from Adam Sandler films! Tune in to our live stream at wvpublic.org, with our #WVPB mobile app, or tune in to your local WVPB radio station.

Our #MountainStage Song of the Week 🎵📆 comes to us from Blitzen Trapper. We listen to their performance of "Planetarium." Tap the link below 👇 to listen to this song now. 🎧 #WVPB #music #nprmusic #BlitzenTrapper

Last week’s news about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shutting down caused a lot of concern among our viewers, listeners and members that WVPB was going to shut down, too. We are not.