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Mtn. News: Celebrations, Memorials, & Cooperatives
In this episode we’ll hear stories of eastern Kentucky’s second ever pride festival, hemp growers in the region forming cooperatives, a dedication to miners who’ve died of black lung in Letcher County, and some results of a survey by a group called “What’s Next EKY."
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Mtn. News: Celebrations, Memorials, & Cooperatives
October 21, 2019In this episode we’ll hear stories of eastern Kentucky’s second ever pride festival, hemp growers in the region forming cooperatives, a dedication to miners who’ve died of Read More >
Mtn. News: Musical, Cultural, & Economic Histories
October 4, 2019This episode is chock full of local & regional history! We’ll hear about a celebration of Carr Creek Kentucky history through a dinner performance based off a poem by Margaret Read More >
Mtn. Talk: Dorothy Allison on Class, Language, & Memory
October 1, 2019Dorothy Allison is a self-described "feminist, working class storyteller, Southern expatriate, and sometime poet." The author of "Bastard Out of Carolina," she gave the Read More >
Mtn. News: Rural Healthcare, Small Town Festivals & Idle Mine Lands
September 20, 2019In this episode we hear: updates from the ongoing protest outside the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN led by women who oppose Ballad Health's decision to close Read More >
Mtn. News: Plants, People, & Industry in Appalachia
September 9, 2019In this episode we bring you stories about plants, people, and industries - and the ways they interact - throughout the Appalachian region. We'll learn about The Moth Read More >
Mtn. Talk: A Night on the Tracks with the Blackjewel Miners Blockade
August 13, 2019In Cumberland, Kentucky, dozens of miners have been blocking the tracks in front of a Blackjewel coal train after the company declared bankruptcy and miners' checks bounced Read More >
Mtn. News: Miners Protest, Kentucky Printmaking, & International Cat Day
August 12, 2019In this episode we bring you interviews from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade, an interview with Kentucky artists Ken Swinson & Lacy Hale, and in honor of International Cats Day Read More >
Mtn. Talk: How National Media Misses the Mark on Appalachian Communities
July 9, 2019In this episode we explore Appalachian & rural communities' complicated relationships to national media coverage. First, WMMT's Rachel Garringer chats with Appalshop staff: Read More >
Mtn. News: The Changing Energy Landscape in eKY
June 28, 2019As the economic landscape of the coalfields changes, so does the energy landscape in eastern Kentucky. In this episode we're exploring a couple new energy savings projects in Read More >
Local History & Regional News
June 15, 2019In this episode WMMT’s Ohio Valley Resource Reporter Sydney Boles sets out to learn the history behind the RC Cola signs around Whitesburg. Then, from the WMMT archives, we Read More >
