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West Virginia

Good news from West Virginia, covering the people and communities behind the Mountain State’s good stories.

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: They Called It the Town of Millionaires. Now McDowell County Has Almost No One Left.

September 5, 2026

They Called It the Town of Millionaires. Now McDowell County Has Almost No One Left.

McDowell County, West Virginia once held 98,000 people at its coal-boom peak. Today roughly 16,000

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July 13, 2026

The West Virginia Song the Whole World Made Its Own

United States of America - Somewhere along a winding West Virginia road, a radio crackles

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Peter Santenello: Into the Hollers of McDowell County: What Life Really Looks Like in America's Poorest Region

July 12, 2026

Into the Hollers of McDowell County: What Life Really Looks Like in America’s Poorest Region

Peter Santenello drives from Bluefield, West Virginia, deep into McDowell County and across the Virginia

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: The Town Past the Tunnel: What It's Really Like Inside Dingus, West Virginia

July 4, 2026

The Town Past the Tunnel: What It’s Really Like Inside Dingus, West Virginia

Locals in Williamson warned a team of reporters not to cross into Dingus, West Virginia,

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