Appalachia Matters

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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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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.
Vandalia Media Partners II, LLC
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  • Honey Mountian Bees, ACA Changes? and At The Leadership Table

    Honey Mountian Bees, ACA Changes? and At The Leadership Table
    2025/04/06
    In this week’s Appalachia Matters:
    This week on @ The Leadership Table with Retired Major General Jim Hoyer, he sits down with Renee Hoffman, retired Sergeant First Class for the WV National Guard, and now Supply Chain Manager at Hope Gas. They discuss her journey to find purpose in her career after leaving the military and how she uses her military background in her everyday life in the civilian world.

    In the Rooted in the Mountain State segment, we will learn about Honey Mountain Farm in Grafton West Virginia. They recently won a grant in a competition sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.

    In our final segment we will take a deep dive in to changes in health care coverage that could impact 167,000 West Virginians who get coverage through Medicaid Expansion and another 67,000 who buy health insurance coverage through Healthcare.gov. We will hear from Senator Shelly Moore Capito (R) of West Virginia, Doctor and West Virginia House of Delegates member Matt Rohrbach (R) of Cabell County, West Virginia House of Delegates Member Marty Gearhart (R)of Mercer, Kelly Allen of the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy, Jeremy Smith and ACA Navigator and Chris Hall of the WV EMS Coalition.
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    30 分
  • RFK Jr., Ham Bacon and Egg, Planting Prep and Doctor Sherri Young

    RFK Jr., Ham Bacon and Egg, Planting Prep and Doctor Sherri Young
    2025/03/30
    At the Leadership Table with Retired Major General Jim Hoyer talks with Doctor Sherri Young a West Virginia native, former Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health, and a physician in family and geriatric medicine. Dr. Young shares her views on the importance of leading from the front, how challenges can build resilience, and the power of community.

    In the Rooted in The Mountain State segment produced by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture we will learn about a mountain state tradition, the Ham Bacon and Egg sale.

    Next is a report Tom Susman filed for WMOV’s Valley Today, where he talks with JJ Barrett a cooperative extension agent for WVU assigned to Wood and Jackson Counties.

    In our final segment we replay excerpts from Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy Jr’s visit to the Mountain State. In the first segment he explains his family’s affinity for West Virginia and in the final excerpt he cites data that shows the United States is in a health crisis.
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    30 分
  • Appalachia Matters- USDA Cuts Farmers, Leadership Table, Kniting the Ole Fashion Way, Rail Bikes Farm Policy

    Appalachia Matters- USDA Cuts Farmers, Leadership Table, Kniting the Ole Fashion Way, Rail Bikes Farm Policy
    2025/03/16
    This week on at the Leadership Table with Retired Major General Jim Hoyer, he sits down with Phillip Cantrell, retired command sergeant major in the U.S. Army and former senior enlisted leader of the WV National Guard. They discuss his role as an Intergovernmental and External Affairs Liaison with Senator Joe Manchin and his message to veterans and young enlisted military members in West Virginia.

    The Rooted In The Mountain State section focuses on an artisan who knits and spins her own yarn. This segment is produced by The West Virginia Department of Agriculture.

    We talk with Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt about items of concern for farmers and producers as well as his efforts in the legislature to help promote WV Farm Products.

    In our fourth segment we talk about two programs the USDA has cut which impacts local farmers, schools and food banks. We will get Senator Shelly Moore Capito’s take on the cuts.

    In our final segment we hear about Tourism Day at the State Capitol including a rail bike excursion located in Clay County.
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    30 分

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