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WOUB-HD Honors Folk Legends Monday, August 7
By: Emily Votaw
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In the late ’40s Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, Lee Hays, and Pete Seeger formed the Weavers in Greenwich Village — their name taken from the 1892 theatrical work Die Weber (translated to… Read More
‘Bob Ross: the Happy Painter’ to Air on WOUB-HD August 5
By: Emily Votaw
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Soothing, spare music plays across a black backdrop which gently drops away as a viscerally calm bearded man with large, frizzy hair and a gentle, tactile tone of voice gently… Read More
EPA Says Toxic Sediment in Kanawha River Will be Capped
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency has announced an agreement to address dioxin contamination in the Kanawha River by constructing a cap over nine acres of sediment containing… Read More
Memory Sunday: Churches Spread Alzheimer’s Awareness
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The church choir in bright blue robes swayed and testified on a hot summer Sunday. Pastor Anthony Everett, in his own robe of orange and brown, preached to his “saints”… Read More
Funeral Held for Teen Killed in Ohio State Fair Malfunction
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Funeral services have been held for a teenager killed when a spinning and swinging amusement park ride broke apart at the Ohio State Fair. Family and… Read More
Federal Report Shows West Virginia Economic Output Up
By: Associated Press
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – A new federal report shows West Virginia’s economic output rose 3 percent in the first quarter of this year led by mining. The Bureau of Economic… Read More
NPR Serves the General Public and Millennials Says Reporter & Former Producer
Laurel Wamsley, a young but veteran reporter and producer at National Public Radio (NPR), says she loves working there because she feels the NPR is truly serving the public. She… Read More