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Does the Bible justify mountaintop removal coal mining?
ftp://avweb:U9e3KxY@www.appvoices.org:21//appvoices.org/images/voice_uploads/church.girl.gif Does this mean that the Bible justifies mountaintop removal mining? Not at all. Most translations of the Bible, including the the New American Standard and the King James Version, say “Every valley shall be exalted…” or “raised” — and…
Santa train rides again through Appalachia
ftp://avweb:U9e3KxY@www.appvoices.org:21//appvoices.org/images/voice_uploads/krause.santa.gif The crowd started to trickle in by nine, watching the volunteers of “Dante Lives On” set up their bake sale on the concrete slab that marks the site of the former theatre. By ten, children were playing on the…
NC’s Mountain Bogs Show Amazing Diversity
ftp://avweb:U9e3KxY@www.appvoices.org:21//appvoices.org/images/voice_uploads/Bog.scientists.gif It’s been a long day in the field, but sitting around a kitchen table strewn with plants, bags of soil and books, N.C. State researcher Brenda Wichmann and Misty Franklin, botanist with the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, still…
In Memoriam, Charles Kennedy — Defender of Brumley Mountain
I only met Charles Kennedy a grand total of three times, but his recent death has shaken me as deeply as if I had known him all of my life. The first time I met him, ironically enough, was on…
Two decades after “Dirty Dancing”
Early travelers once believed Virginia’s Mountain Lake was bottomless – or, at least, up to 300 feet deep. In reality, the mountaintop pond extends about 100 feet from the surface. And there’s a hole in it. Water comes into the…
From Appalachia to Asia, ginseng is deeply rooted in the culture
ftp://avweb:U9e3KxY@www.appvoices.org:21//appvoices.org/images/voice_uploads/gensing.gif Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America’s Most Valuable Plant. By Kristin Johannsen. 2006. University Press of Kentucky. 224 pages. $ 24.95 The rich, humus-laden hardwood forests of southern Appalachia are home to American ginseng, a bright-leaved, red-berried plant…
Coal country needs santa more than ever
The Santa Train rolls through three of Virginia’s “coal counties”: Dickenson, Russell and Wise. Along with neighboring Buchanan, Tazewell and Lee counties, the coal counties of southwest. Appalachian Virginia, are among the most distinctive in the Commonwealth. They often feature…
Donetta’s Christmas cheer
From there, Donetta Blankenship kicks back at life. At 39, her failing liver struggles to eliminate the toxic levels of heavy metals in her system. Courage, John Wayne said, is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway. This…
