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wv learningmedia pbs kids pbs parents community events news arts & culture energy & environment economy government health & science contact us get in touch meet our staff search listen live west virginia public broadcasting petersburg radio off the air tyler evert ap photo candidates for governor debate taxes and trump after an npr investigation into jim justice s business operations the democratic candidate for governor takes on republican bill cole in the second west virginia gubernatorial debate . a leaked tape where republican presidential candidate donald trump can be heard describing sexually assaulting women causes waves in west virginia politics but will either scandal swing the vote ann ali managing editor of the state journal and metronews statewide correspondent brad mcelhinney join us to discuss the race . read more west virginia legislature the 2014 midterm elections how both parties dealt with the flip from blue to red herald mail media john orem judge dismisses drug charge against sheriff s candidate the leftovers in a coal miner s bucket by jessica lilly & roxy todd oct 14 2016 candace nelson if your father worked in the coal mines chances are you remember his lunch or dinner bucket and the food that was packed into them . for many families the extra food that was packed away in these dinner buckets was practical it would be there just in case an accident happened . justice or cole who won the wv governor debate by zander aloi oct 14 2016 associated press listen listening ... 20 38 the front porch crew react to the recent presidential and gubernatorial debates the two leading candidates for governor attacked each other over unpaid bills and donald trump at the last major party debate . who won and will it matter west virginia gubernational forum a viewpoint special by west virginia public broadcasting oct 14 2016 west virginia public broadcasting wvpb will host a special viewpoint forum with candidates in the west virginia governor s race . the special will air on wvpb s statewide radio and television networks and will also be available as a podcast and online at wvpublic.org . constitution party candidate phil hudok libertarian party candidate david moran and mountain party candidate charlotte pritt are scheduled to participate . cities accuse paving companies of monopolizing industry by associated press oct 14 2016 famartin wikimedia commons several cities in west virginia are suing paving companies accusing them of developing a statewide monopoly to inflate the cost of asphalt . beckley charleston bluefield and parkersburg are accusing the companies of creating a scheme that caused the municipalities to pay at least 40 percent more for asphalt that they should have . are pepperoni rolls the unofficial food of west virginia by clark davis oct 14 2016 west virginia public broadcasting pepperoni rolls have been called the unofficial food of west virginia . legend has it they were originally made for coal miners to take underground in their dinner buckets because the cured pepperoni didn t spoil . a new book about pepperoni rolls is set to be published next year . on this week s episode of inside appalachia roxy todd talks with the writer of this new book to learn more . chuck yeager breaks the sound barrier october 14 1947 by bob powell oct 14 2016 e wv the west virginia encyclopedia online . chuck yeager lockheed p 80 charleston lincoln county world war ii on october 14 1947 chuck yeager s bell x 1 rocket airplane dropped from the belly of a b 29 bomber . seconds later yeager entered the history books as the first pilot to break the sound barrier . by this time the 24 year old lincoln county native was already an aviation legend . during world war ii he had flown 64 combat missions over europe and in a single dogfight had killed 13 germans . in his eighth mission he had been shot down over german occupied france . west virginia gov. tomblin heads to great britain ireland by associated press oct 14 2016 office of the governor west virginia gov. earl ray tomblin is heading to great britain and ireland on an investment trip . tomblin s office says in a news release that the trip starts friday and lasts through oct. 22 . the governor will focus both on companies currently doing business in west virginia as well as those he d like to make investments in the mountain state . the statement says tomblin will conduct meetings in london along with belfast in northern ireland and dublin in the irish republic . it will mark tomblin s fifth international trip including two to japan . after emerging from bankruptcy alpha resources sells mine by associated press oct 14 2016 allvoices.com coal producer alpha natural resources has sold some of its eastern kentucky coal property to a texas company . the company says it has divested most of the assets of its enterprise mining operations to kingdom coal a subsidiary of keystone kingdom resources based in fort worth . the 2014 midterm elections how both parties dealt with the flip from blue to red by anne li oct 13 2016 west virginia legislature on nov. 4 2014 democratic state senator robert beach of the thirteenth district was at home when he realized that although he had won his race for the senate his party was losing its grip on the state . it felt like a punch in the gut he said . candidates for governor debate taxes and trump by ashton marra oct 13 2016 tyler evert ap photo listen listening ... 35 51 listen to the podcast . after an npr investigation into jim justice s business operations the democratic candidate for governor takes on republican bill cole in the second west virginia gubernatorial debate . a leaked tape where republican presidential candidate donald trump can be heard describing sexually assaulting women causes waves in west virginia politics but will either scandal swing the vote ann ali managing editor of the state journal and metronews statewide correspondent brad mcelhinney join us to discuss the race . 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