Author: Liz McCormick

Meet the West Virginian Who Wrote the Christmas Classic ‘Frosty the Snowman’

This article was originally published by West Virginia Public Broadcasting in December 2014. The man behind the lyrics of Frosty the Snowman, Peter Cottontail, and Smokey the Bear is none other than West Virginian Jack Rollins. His song about a magical snowman coming to life and bringing holiday cheer can be heard almost everywhere […]

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W.Va. Woman Walks 70 Miles Across Denmark to Protest Appalachian Plant Construction

Residents in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia continue to protest Denmark-based, stone wool manufacturing facility, Rockwool. For more than a year now, hundreds of residents still rally at commission and town council meetings in Jefferson County and at the Rockwool construction site – in an effort to stop the plant from being […]

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