On this West Virginia Week, coal has friends in high places – but still faces some challenges.  Also, education leaders want to make it easier to get financial aid. Hundreds of low income residents in one county are about to get a helping hand. And, the colors of fall – West Virginia turns to high tech help for tracking peak leaf displays.

Maria Young is our host this week. Our theme music is by Matt Jackfert.

West Virginia Week is a web-only podcast that explores the week's biggest news in the Mountain State. It's produced with help from Bill Lynch, Chris Schulz, Curtis Tate, Eric Douglas, Maria Young and Randy Yohe.

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