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Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our...
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Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our region, health care updates from Tom Susman and our host Bo Higby each week highlights a story of community interest.
The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
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The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
Appalachia Matters
Appalachia Matters
Appalachia Matters- At The Leadership Table, Bee Monk, Flood Protection & Vail Furniture
14 JUL 2024 · In this week’s show:
At the leadership table with General Hoyer this week is Kayla Stein, a Business and Communication Specialist at Trilogy Innovations. Originally from New York, Kayla came here for her education, and she came back to work and live in West Virginia after that. She says she knew that the Mountain State was a place where she could not only be comfortable and supported but also grow in a thriving technology environment — and compete at the national level in the tech communications arena. Kayla urges all young technology leaders to come to West Virginia, which she says is at the forefront of innovation.
In the Department of Agriculture segment, we learn about a Bee Monk from Wayne County he has bee colonies at the Monastery in Wayne County.
Tom Susman sits down with a representative of the Ohio DNR to talk about the National Flood Insurance Program and flood management regulations.
Bo Higby talks with Dave from Vail Furniture in Ripley, the oldest furniture store in West Virginia. It opened before the start of the Civil War.
Cyber Security, Sheep Shearing, Farmacy, Herbalist and Community Churches
7 JUL 2024 · This week’s Appalachia Matters is a great show packed with fantastic interviews.
General Hoyer sat at the Leadership Table with Amond Bailey, a young veteran who came from DC to the Mountain State for college at Marshall and hasn’t looked back. Amond is a Cyber Operations Officer with the West Virginia National Guard and National Leadership Fellow of the Student Veterans of America.
Tom Susman talks with Jackson County Farmer Eddie Smolder about his sheep shearing exhibition at the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair.
The Department of Agriculture provides background on their Farmacy Program that encourages residents to eat healthy West Virginia Grown products.
We will meet a West Virginia Herbalist who learned her craft from her grandfather.
In the Community Segment Bo Higby meets a Community Church Pastor, Appalachia has many independent churches.
Special Taylor County Programs, Ag Department Roles, Work Force, and Float Trip on the Coal
23 JUN 2024 · Special Taylor County Programs, Ag Department Roles, Work Force, and Float Trip on the Coal
This week the Major General Jim Hoyer talks with Bryan Smith, an everyday West Virginian who has been helping to make big positive changes in his Taylor County community one person at a time, ranging from his work leading Project HOP2E (Helping Our People to Eat) and contributing to a local Farmer’s Market, to leading the Adventure Club — which has put an inflatable water park on the Tygart River, rents out tubes and kayaks, holds cancer fundraising events, started a flea market, has taken over and cleaned up the Grafton City Campground, and so much more.
In our Agricultural Segment, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt discusses the various roles of the department from regulator to promoter of agriculture.
Tom Susman covers a recent signing ceremony at Constellium Rolled products in Ravenswood between Constellium and WVU Parkersburg. The participating rising seniors from high schools in Roane, Wood, Mason, and Jackson County will enter a program that upon completion will earn an associate degree and have the opportunity to be employed by the plant.
In the final segment Bo Higby talks with organizers of a float trip on the Coal River in Boone County set for the last Saturday in July.
Appalachia Matters-The Leadership Table, Gold Star Moms and Canning Tips
17 JUN 2024 · In this episode Major General Jim Hoyer interviews Brad Price, we also have segment on a special Gold Star Moms project with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.
Our final segment is on how you can and preserve food for later use and hopefully reduce costs and improve the quality of your food.
Appalachia Matter - Episode 5 Leadership, Avian Flu and Ticks
9 JUN 2024 · This is a packed show with Major General Jim Hoyer talking leadership with Wally Hatfield, West Virginia Ag Commissioner Kent Leonhardt discusses Avian Flu in Dairy Cattle. In our health section we learn about ticks and other needed summer health tips.
In our final segment we talk about the rising cost of insurance.
June 2 Appalachia Matters
2 JUN 2024 · In this week’s episode we will hear from Doctor Lisa Costello who is at the leadership table with retired Major General Jim Hoyer. In our agriculture segment we will learn about a meat producer from southeastern West Virginia and in our health section we learn about a special grade given Holzer Health.
In our final segment we will celebrate the opening of the $35 million dollar expansion at Jackson General Hospital. We will hear from Albert Wright of WVU Medicine and Jackson General CEO Stephanie McCoy.
Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our region, health care updates from Tom Susman and our host Bo Higby each week highlights a story of community interest. The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
Appalachia Matters for Memorial Day
2 JUN 2024 · Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our region, health care updates from Tom Susman and our host Bo Higby each week highlights a story of community interest.
The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
Applachia Matters Episode 1
2 JUN 2024 · Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our region, health care updates from Tom Susman and our host Bo Higby each week highlights a story of community interest.
The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our...
show more
Appalachia Matters is a weekly radio show highlighting life in Appalachia. Each week we have a segment on leadership from retired Major General Jim Hoyer, features highlighting agriculture in our region, health care updates from Tom Susman and our host Bo Higby each week highlights a story of community interest.
The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
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The show is produced by Vandalia Media Partners.
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