Revitalizing Rural Downtowns, This West Virginia Morning

An old a strip mine is the site of a future trail system for off-road vehicles and dirt bikes riders. And a new book examines the parallels between America's last public hanging and racial justice today....

The state's largest festival will take place Saturday at the New River Gorge National Park -- despite the ongoing government shutdown. And, environmentalists are using 360-degree mapping platforms to study the Monongahela River and the Ohio River Basin....

As the Monongahela River flows into the Ohio River Basin, pollution from development upstream is impacting parts of West Virginia. And, roughly half way into a statewide listening tour, we check in with Democratic delegates to find out what constituents have to say....

Low income people in Mercer County can apply for a new program to give them a guaranteed monthly income. And, when Appalachian country singer Rob McNurlin announced plans to retire, a filmmaker decided to tell his story....

The federal subsidies that allow airlines to serve small, rural airports could be suspended in the government shutdown. And, groups on both sides of the aisle are successfully mobilizing young people to vote....

The Higher Education Policy Commission, wants lawmakers to help make the state’s academic aid system less complicated. And, the state has invested in tools and resources to help travellers track the brightest shades of fall colors....

Lawmakers learned about a broad range of issues facing education in West Virginia Sunday afternoon. And, a top policy experts points out how the federal government shutdown impacts West Virginia....

Justice Thomas H. Ewing has already been sworn in to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, but a public investiture ceremony will take place Monday. And, one way to see the fall leaves: from the open cockpit of an 82-year-old biplane....

West Virginia State Police, working with federal ICE agents, have made dozens of immigration arrests in a short period of time. And, an author born in Appalachia delves into America's attitudes about the poor and working classes -- and how that affects every day life....