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Yearbook Traditions (Part 1) - 3.10.10
The internet has taken a toll on many mainstream publications-- from hometown newspapers to the telephone book. And now some say university yearbooks are taking a hit. WVTF's Sandy Hausman reports.
West Virginia's Treasure - 3.9.10
For West Virginia native Jim Justice, this has been a very big year. He already owned 46 companies, and last spring he took on another: the historic Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs. The Greenbrier was owned by CSX for nearly a century. When the railroad company couldn't sell it, it chose bankruptcy. It looked like Marriott would be the new owner, and many employees would lose their jobs. Last spring, when Justice shelled out $20 million for the Greenbrier, the resort was losing about $38 million a year. He decided it was time to shake things up-- as he explains to WVTF's Connie Stevens.
Sprout Film Festival - 3.8.10
Charlottesville will host the Sprout Film Festival this coming Friday, 3/12. It's a show of nearly a dozen short movies about people with disabilities. One features an Australian rock band whose members have Aspergers and Down's Syndrome. WVTF's Sandy Hausman reports on the film and the band.
Toni Blackman at Jefferson Center - 3.5.10
New York performer and musical ambassador Toni Blackman has taken up residence in Roanoke this week at the Jefferson Center. She's been coaching young women on speaking up...and speaking out. WVTF's Connie Stevens talked to Blackman in advance of her performance there tonight.
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Blue Ridge Business Journal: Medical School - 3.5.10
Blue Ridge Business Journal reporter Annie Johnson talks with WVTF's Fred Echols about the long and winding road to creation for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
Create the Good - 3.4.10
"Whether you have five minutes...five days....or five years, it's all good." That's the slogan of the new "Create the Good" Website from AARP. More from WVTF's Connie Stevens.
Tracking Livestock - 3.4.10
The U-S Department of Agriculture recently announced it would be altering a program aimed at tracking all livestock. As Peter Granitz reports from our Capitol bureau, Virginia farmers worry new regulations will make business more expensive.
Public Broadcasting Funding - 3.3.10
Clifford the Big Red Dog traveled to Capitol Square to thank state lawmakers for funding public broadcasting and to remind them of the importance of those funds. The children's character is a staple of public teleivision that, along with public radio, could receive another round of budget cuts under current General Assembly proposals. WVTF's Anne Marie Morgan reports from the Capitol.
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Amphibian Armageddon Part 3 - 3.2.10
Scientists around the world are concerned about a deadly fungus that’s killing frogs. Some think the best hope for saving them may come from Virginia. In part three of her series on the amphibian armageddon, WVTF’s Sandy Hausman learns about a promising natural approach to protecting frogs.
Amphibian Armageddon Part 2 - 3.1.10
Frogs have been good friends to humanity. They eat insects that carry disease and they've inspired medical research. But now they're in big trouble. Millions have been wiped out by a deadly fungus called chytrid. In part two of our series, WVTF's Sandy Hausman takes us to the cloud forest of Panama, where a team of North American scientists hopes to rescue as many frogs as possible.
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