The Howard-Oldfield family has been farming in Morgan County, KY for over 100 hundred years. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t ready to try something new. Last year Ashley Oldfield and her husband John experimented with planting half an acre of pumpkins. They sold some to the local IGA and a few places in White […]
Since January, thousands of coal miners have been laid off in Central Appalachia. We’ve heard a lot of opinions about the causes of this decline and what the future holds – from industry leaders, elected officials and even the presidential candidates. But what do those who mined the coal have to say? Letcher County underground […]
The last weekend of September marked the 42nd annual Morgan County Sorghum Festival, complete with the Sorghum Bowl football game, the crowning of the Sorghum Queen and over 100 arts and crafts displays in downtown West Liberty. Many said they though this year’s might have been the biggest Sorghum Festival ever. But just a few […]
Coal production has been declining lately, and many counties in our listening area are concerned that they will be short on much needed revenue as less coal mined means fewer severance tax dollars coming in. In this report Ted Boettner and Paul Miller of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy describe the West […]
