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Mtn. News: Environmental & Economic Pressures
In this episode we explore environmental & economic pressures in the region, and we learn about pre-diabetes and diabetes prevention. From the Ohio Valley Resource we learn about new communities where toxic fluorinated chemicals have been found in the water, how crashing hemp prices have some farmers worried, and about challenges faced by some rural groceries in coal communities. Then, we'll hear about prediabetes and diabetes prevention & economic development efforts in Pound, VA.
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Mtn. News: Environmental & Economic Pressures
January 24, 2020In this episode we explore environmental & economic pressures in the region, and we learn about pre-diabetes and diabetes prevention. From the Ohio Valley Resource we learn Read More >
Mtn. News: Finding Solutions to Economic & Health Challenges
January 23, 2020In this episode we bring you stories about economic development initiatives in Harlan County, Kentucky and Pound, Virginia. And, from the Ohio Valley Resource we’ll learn Read More >
Mtn. Talk: A Philosophy of Care with Sister Bernie Kenny & Tauna Gulley
January 14, 2020In this episode we hear from Sister Bernie Kenny & Nurse Tauna Gulley about the book they co-wrote. It’s called "Better for Being With You: A Philosophy of Care" and it Read More >
Mtn. Talk: The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell
January 2, 2020Blue Ridge tacos, kimchi with soup beans & cornbread, African American mountain gardens—these are a few of the stories readers find in a new anthology: “The Food We Eat, The Read More >
Mtn. News: Regional History & Health Research
January 2, 2020In this episode we bring you stories on regional history and innovative new approaches to meeting the healthcare needs of east Kentuckians. First, we look back on Coal River Read More >
Mtn. News: Federal Politics, Respiratory Health, & Appalachian Hip Hop
December 13, 2019In this episode we bring you stories about WV Senator Joe Manchin's pledge to defend coal miners' pensions, Bev May & Nell Fields' research into respiratory health in eastern Read More >
Mtn. News: Environmental, Community, & Individual Health
November 15, 2019In this episode we’re talking environmental, community, & individual health. First, WMMT's Sydney Boles interviews Cornell University professor Josh Macey about the ways coal Read More >
Mtn. News: Bookmobiles, Archives & More
November 6, 2019In this episode we learn about the history of Letcher County’s Bookmobile. And, we’ll celebrate American Archives Month by listening back to an oral history interview from the Read More >
Mtn. Talk: Racing to Preserve the Cherokee Language
November 5, 2019In this episode we learn from Micah & Jakeli Swimmer. Micah & Jakeli are brothers, educators and enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. They grew up hearing their Read More >
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 >