On this West Virginia Morning, Appalachian Outlaw Trails hopes to become the largest trail system for off-road vehicles and dirt bike riders in the country. Officials broke ground on the project at the site of an old strip-mine this week.

And, the nation’s last public hanging – nearly 90 years ago – may hold important lessons about race and justice that are relevant today. A new book draws a line from that dark time to modern instances of racial violence like the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. 

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Maria Young produced this episode.

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