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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
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‘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
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EPA Says Toxic Sediment in Kanawha River Will be Capped
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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
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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
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Funeral Held for Teen Killed in Ohio State Fair Malfunction
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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
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Federal Report Shows West Virginia Economic Output Up
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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
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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