Getting to Know the OV Hip-Hop Scene Glynis Board June 5, 2020 Editor’s note: This week, Weelunk will pause our normally scheduled programming to highlight stories that feature Black narratives. We have chosen to take this time to amplify those voices that are so often sil...
Can Teaching Kids Compassion Change Culture? Glynis Board October 22, 2017 As compassion training is becoming more popular in schools across the country, a school in West Virginia is taking on a pilot compassion curriculum project of its own. The goal is to improve student achievement...
Considering Compassion: The Science Behind The Ohio Valley’s ‘Compassionate Cities’ Glynis Board October 10, 2017 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story and audio here: Listen Many towns and cities across the Ohio Valley try to improve their business environment with ta...
A More Compassionate Country Day Glynis Board July 29, 2017 1 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story and audio here: Listen As compassion training is becoming more popular in schools across the country, a school in Wes...
Innovative Coal Technology Company Goes Public Glynis Board October 27, 2016 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story and audio here: Listen A research lab in the Northern Panhandle has produced two new companies. One compresses coal i...
W.Va. NAACP Conf. Features Black & White Justice Panel Discussion Glynis Board August 23, 2016 1 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story and audio here: Listen "Justice in America in Black & White" panel: (L-R) Philip Cater, Rev. Matthew Watts, Chie...
Wheeling Blues Fest Beats Heat, Rocks Rain Glynis Board August 15, 2016 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story and audio here: Listen When the sun was out it was HOT. And when the rain came it POURED. But attendees seemed happy...
The Poetry Break: Louise McNeill Glynis Board March 17, 2016 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting West Virginia Poet Laureate and Ohio County resident Marc Harshman delivers the poetry of his predecessor's predecessor in this P...
One Man’s Mission to Reinvent the Northern Panhandle Glynis Board March 12, 2016 Photo by Glynis Board Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen Is the Northern Panhandle experiencing an economic rebirth? More than one panha...
Grow Ohio Valley Breaks Old Ground, Wins Award Glynis Board February 19, 2016 Photos by Glynis Board Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen The Lincoln Home site used to be several apartment buildings, but was demolished...
Q&A: Ohio Valley Hosts Inaugural Hip Hop Awards Glynis Board February 16, 2016 Photos by Glynis Board Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen The Ohio Valley Hip Hop Awards branched out of an organization called the Ohio...
A Call for Telling New Stories Glynis Board January 18, 2016 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen The Catholic Committee of Appalachia just published a pastoral letter. It’s the third of its k...
First State Capitol Gets Solarized Glynis Board November 16, 2015 1 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen Standing in downtown Wheeling, “the original gate to the West” (as Wheelonians sometimes call ...
Wheeling Teaches Students How to Grow Justice Glynis Board November 3, 2015 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting A group of students from the University of Notre Dame just came to West Virginia for fall break. Instead of relaxing wi...
Does W.Va. Need More Poetry? Glynis Board September 26, 2015 Perhaps not surprisingly, West Virginia’s poet laureate, Marc Harshman, seems to thinks so. He’s been collaborating with several organizations, including West Virginia Public Broadcasting, to conceive new ev...
What to Know About the Blue-Green Algae in the Ohio River Glynis Board September 12, 2015 Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen Algal bloom in Sistersville, West Virginia. August 28, 2015 "It is there some days and others it's gone...
Will Companies Claim Eminent Domain on Gas Rights? Glynis Board September 8, 2015 1 Eminent Domain of Natural Gas Rights Discussed in Wheeling About 10 people showed up for a public meeting at the McLure House in Wheeling last week (9/3/15) to discuss forced oil and gas leasing. It may not ...
Visiting the Mound in Moundsville Glynis Board July 5, 2015 Photos by Glynis Board Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen Scattered across the state, often just under the surface veneer of W...
“Young Blood” At Helm of Historic Wheeling Tool Business Glynis Board May 24, 2015 In an age of globalization and a shrinking manufacturing sector, two young men in Wheeling are hedging their bets and running with a business idea that first took off in 1854. Hand-forged tools actually took of...
Wheeling Local Movement Gets National Assistance Glynis Board March 30, 2015 West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Weelunk.com Listen to story here: WVPublic.org Momentum continues to mount behind local food and local economic development efforts in the Northern Panhandle. Whe...
Q&A: Bob Thompson and Wheeling Native Mollie O’Brien – Joy To the World Glynis Board December 7, 2014 West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Weelunk.com West Virginia Public Broadcasting Wheeling-native and vocalist Mollie O’Brien joins pianist Bob Thompson in his annual Joy to the ...
40 Years Doing ‘Whatever It Takes’ for Abandoned Kids in Wheeling Glynis Board November 29, 2014 By Glynis Board West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Weelunk.com Shawna Littell: Through the Cracks “Been on my own since I was thirteen,” said Shawna Littell. As a girl, she says she fell thr...
Signs of Wheeling: Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow Glynis Board November 9, 2014 13 By Glynis Louise Board West Virginia Public Radio and Weelunk.com Andy Hogan is a sign collector in the Wheeling area, but his collection is more than a hobby. It’s become a giant art instillation on...
