September 9th, 2026

0:00】 Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

1:10President Trump and some White House leaders are meeting in Dallas today for a two-day event. Those several Republican candidates and competitive races are going. Ampere's Tamar Keith has more. Republicans are calling it a convention, but it won't include any of the usual party business like hashing out a platform or nominating a president. But the party is saying 20,000 people will be here for an event that will have the feel of a tightly produced TV shows slash infomercial slash Trump rally, where the president and his policies are clearly going to be the start of the show, or to borrow a word from the chairman of the Republican Party, a Trumpapalooza. Ampere's Tamar Keith, but it is going up against the NFL season opener tonight between the Seahawks and the Patriots. U.S. military struck five Iranian oil carriers late yesterday, and Iran says it targeted an air-based in Jordan, where U.S. troops are positioned, sending international oil benchmark Brent crude above $101 today.

2:12Ampere's Ayah Batrawi has more. Iran's attacks on U.S. bases since the start of the war have killed and wounded troops, prompting the Pentagon to pull back thousands of personnel from the region. The Navy's fifth fleet in Bahrain was hit by Iran early in the war, forcing a major drawdown of American military personnel there. Chief of Naval Operations Darryl Kato was asked recently during a live stream when sailors would be able to return to Bahrain to get their personal belongings. He answered, we're not getting back in there anytime soon. And in Qatar, Iranians strikes during the war caused billions in damage and halted gas production, despite the presence of some 10,000 U.S. troops there before the war. The American bases across the Gulf are meant to be a deterrence, but it's now a factor in why Iran has attacked these Arab states. A. Abel Trawi and Pierre News, Dubai. President Trump is punishing Canada for its retaliatory tariffs. He's fully banning some Canadian alcohol, dairy products, and motorcycles from coming into the U.S. and he's slapping more tariffs on more Canadian products. This comes after Canada, imposed tariffs on U.S. goods to retaliate for earlier tariffs

3:16that Trump imposed. The trade war is affecting U.S. border states as MPR's Kurt Seglir reports. Canada is Montana's biggest trade partner, accounting for about a billion dollars in cross-border economic activity every year. Farmers here were already dealing with high diesel and fertilizer costs, and now they can expect to pay more for farm equipment. Brigitte Miranda Freer runs the Montana World Trade Center. Canadian companies also purchase Montana cattle, and then they send them up to Canada where they're fed out. And by the way, when they're out there, a lot of times they're eating Montana barley. It's not just farmers bracing for a hit Miranda Freer says, but also small manufacturers and the state's lucrative tourism economy. And Pierre's Kurt Seglir reporting, you're listening to NPR News. A federal appeals court hears arguments today in a lawsuit over access to telehealth abortion. As MPR Selena Simmons-Duffin reports, this is the same abortion medication case that the

4:19U.S. Supreme Court considered earlier this year. The case is Louisiana versus the Food and Drug Administration. Louisiana has a total abortion ban and argues that the FDA's telehealth rules violate state's rights. Because residents of Louisiana have been able to use telehealth to continue to access abortion despite the ban. They can connect to a doctor online in another state and then receive the medication in the mail. Louisiana also questions the FDA's decision making process for granting telehealth access to medication abortion in 2023. If the lawsuit succeeds, telehealth abortion access could be restricted across the country, including in states where abortion is legal. Oral arguments are at the fifth circuit court of appeals in New Orleans. The case is very likely to end up back at the Supreme Court. Senator Simmons-Duffin and P.R. News. In New Hampshire, Republican John Sonunu, who has the backing of President Trump, will face Democrat Chris Papas in November in the race to replace retiring Senator Jean Shaheen.

5:22It's a crucial seat that the Democrats need to hold to have a chance of flipping control over the chamber in the midterm election. Sonunu, who has represented the state in both the House and Senate, was ousted from the Senate by Shaheen in 2008, Papas a moderate, be a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Support for NPR comes from NPR stations. Other contributors include Subaru. The 2026 Subaru Outback features new styling, as well as standard symmetrical all-wheel drive and eyesight driver assist technology. And good afternoon to you. It's Wednesday, September the 9th. I am Scott. You are you. We're coming to you at from the WVLS Studio in Monter, Avergenia. Noon, our magazine is currently underway. We're going to be together for the next 54 minutes or so, giving you the information

6:23you need. Start your local news stories. Son's advertising caverns are a common sight in the Shandha Doe Valley. From the world famous for eight caverns and the great stalactpiporgan to the Grand Cavern in Grottoes. There are many options for leisurely strolls into the region's subterranean worlds. But for those looking for a little more adventure, they need to look no further than the small community of Burnsville, Virginia. I had the chance to catch up with the Butler Cave Conservation Society in an open house they held on August 22nd. We are here today to reach out to the community, educate folks about caves and cars and sinkholes all over the place. That's Sarah Zinnefon, a board member of BCCS. So we kind of wanted to do some education.

7:24Let folks know we're resource if they want to explore their caves or learn more about the areas they're in. But you can invite us out, we'll show you around or we can show folks around our own caves. The Butler Cave Conservation Society owns multiple cave containing properties in the area, including the Butler Cave System with some 18 miles of passageways. The organization maintains the properties as they continually explore and map the system. But the organization is about more than just spelunking. Well, it's easy to think of caves as simply dark labyrinths full of neat rock formations and the occasional cluster of bats. They play a much deeper role in our local ecosystems. Open houses also provide BCCS an opportunity to bring in other organizations to share their knowledge and important work. My name is Courtney Parker, I'm the Office and Programs Manager for Southeastern Cave Conservancy. As a similar to Butler Cave Conservancy, we protect and conserve caves and car slans in Southeast. Caves play a critical role in transporting our groundwater, which we all depend on. So if you care about having clean water, you also want to care about the quality of the

8:26water transportation underneath your feet, whether that's through a well or a lake or a stream. Andrew Young, watershed monitoring coordinator for the Cow Passed-A River Preservation Association, Concurrs. The hydrology of the Cow Passed-Actioned Watershed is so an amazing and remarkable natural resource. It's super interconnected from the car system. I'm sure those people that know way more about it than me, but I know they do die tracing and they still haven't found where some of these caves sink to and come out. So it's an incredibly complex system because of the hydrology and the importance of this area to the culture and economy. We're here to protect the resource and make sure the water is clean for everyone. Beyond understanding the role's caves play in our water systems, they also are full of important scientific information that continues to be researched and explored. Rosie Bear, part of BCCS's Science Committee, explains. So we've been helping students with research on the chemistry of the sediment, with the US Geological Survey on age dates of the sediments, some spelio-themenalysis, which will give

9:28you your paleoclimate history as recorded in a cave formation. As I quickly found out, there are many things to think about when it comes to cave preservation. From water quality protection to scientific research and protecting the habitats of her furry flying friends who keep down mosquito populations, making sure people appreciate and respect these areas is extraordinarily important. But for some of us, there's also the fascination with caves that goes well beyond the hydrological and ecological importance. Caves are just well, really cool. The thing with caving is that everything has a chance to be very muddy and slick and slippery. That was Rowan, one of the many volunteers helping give tours that day. A seasoned splunker, she provided our group with a lot of good advice to stay safe and protect the cave. Good rule of thumb is having three points of contact. In the cave, we also have all sorts of very beautiful formations. The coolest ones are the glurry ones. Don't touch them. That's how you break them, and that's how you make them muddy, and so that they aren't

10:28going to grow in the future anymore. After Rowan gave us a thorough briefing on what to expect, we made her way through the heavy door and descended down into the cave. You can instantly feel the temperature and humidity drop, and welcome relief from the heat outside. We're in the entrance. Already we can see some pretty formations. You can see up there some of the formations are coming in white, and that means it's like kind of fresher, hasn't as much mud accumulate on it. Over the next 20 minutes, we continued almost a quarter mile into the depths of Butler Cave, working through only a few narrow passages before we entered San Canyon. Along the way we saw Gypsum working its way through the crevices. It's not quartz, is it? Gypsum? It is probably Gypsum. You can see actually on the side, you can see these are some really nice pretty.

11:29These are kind of like the starts and tips and flowers, where the crystals can grow like petals. It's a completely different world, full of mystery that back into to go around the next turn to see what else can be discovered. With so many of these cave systems in the region, it's important for organizations like BCCS to help conserve these natural wonders, explore them, and help us understand their importance in our natural world. If you're interested in learning more about this region's caves, you can connect with the Butler Cave Conservation Society through their website butlercave.org for Alligant County Mountain Radio News. This is Nick Mullins. The Bear and Bath County Arts invite regional artists to submit their work for an upcoming jury show entitled Illumination and Exploration of Light in the Dark Months of the Year.

12:34The exhibition will be held at the Bear's Downtown Gallery Space and Hot Springs from October 17th until January 31st. Artists may submit their work now at bathcountyarts.org, slash the Bear Exhibits, submissions will close September 20th, 2026. Illumination will depict the animal shift in the seasons by exploring the interplay between darkness and light, winter and warmth, day and night, explained Sage Tengueh, director of the Bear. She also shared that they welcome single submissions across a wide variety of media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and mixed media, and that they're also highly interested in hearing from poets, musicians, and other creatives who are inspired by the seasonal theme. All artwork featured in the show will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit mission of bathcountyarts. Funds raised benefit arts-related community grants, local educational programs and scholarships,

13:35helping to sustain and grow the arts throughout the county. Again, the show dates will be October 17th, 2026, through January 31st, 2027, at the Bear, at 2833, Main Street and Hot Springs for Virginia. Most submissions are online now through September 20th, 2026, detailed information, submission guidelines, and online registration for artists is available on their website. For AMR News, I'm Abby Dufour. The Pocahontas County Opera House is a supporter of Allegheny Mountain Radio, a 250-seat historic theater located in Marlanton, West Virginia. The Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation presents an annual performance series of both local and international musicians, theater groups, and other performers. More information is available at PocahontasHopperHouse.org. Very comfortable 79 degrees here in Monterey. Mostly sunny today, highs in the mid-70s to mid-80s, light winds mostly out of the southwest.

14:40Tonight mostly clear, lows in the low to mid-60s, Southwest winds 5-15. Tomorrow, partly to mostly sunny, slight chance of showers or thunderstorms, highs in the 70s to mid-80s, West winds 5-15, gusting up to 30. Tomorrow night, showers likely with the chance of thunderstorms, lows in the upper 50s to the low 60s, light winds mostly out of the west. Friday, a mix of sun and clouds, chance of showers or thunderstorms, highs in the low 70s to low 80s, Friday night, mostly cloudy, chance of showers, lows in the upper 50s, to low 60s. Our weather observers around the area, Jeanette Robinson and Bowler saw a high yesterday of 79, a low of 57, temperature this morning 60 degrees. Keith Carson and Bluegrass saw a high yesterday of 77, a low of 56, morning temperature 60, peak wind gusts yesterday 12 miles per hour. Irwin Berry and Slady Forks saw a high yesterday of 74, a low of 53, temperature this morning

15:4556 to go along with some West winds at 2 MPH and Julia Boserman and Bartow had a high yesterday of 83, a low of 55, temperature this morning of 56 degrees. Did you know that the school bus is the safest vehicle on the road? Did you know that laws are in place to protect students? They were getting off and on the bus? Did you know that it is illegal for jurors to pass a school bus while dropping off or picking up passengers, regardless of the direction of the approach? As the beginning of school approaches, Pocahontas County Schools and the West Virginia Association of People Transportation remind all motorists too. Please keep our students, future, sprite, and stop for the flashing red lights. Jingle, jingle, jingle. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture will be spraying for biological suppression of black flies on the Green Briar, New, and Bluestone rivers today, weather and water

16:50levels permitting. The Pocahontas County Farmers Market will be held today at the Green Bank Fire Department 230 to 5 30 PM. The Dunmore Community Center Association will hold a general membership meeting Wednesday September 16th at 7 PM at the Dunmore Community Center. Proposed changes to the Association bylaws will be presented for members approval, and the Highland School Board will hold their regular monthly meeting today 7 PM in the High School Library. Daily funeral announcements are brought to you by OBA Funeral Home. With locations in both McDowell and Worm Springs, Virginia, they have served families for over 100 years. Information and online obituaries can be found at oBAulfuneralhome.com. They may be reached at 540-839-3451 for their Bath Arrangement Center and 540-396-3451 for assistance in Highland County.

18:00I do have two funeral announcements for you today. Lucy Elaine Reigns Van Devender, H81 of the Forks of Water Community in Highland County, passed away Tuesday, September 1st at her home. A celebration of life will be held at 2 PM Sunday, September 13th at OBAulfuneralhome in McDowell with Reverend Andre Cremet officiating. The family will receive friends during a meal of fellowship following the service at the property of Ronnie and Julie Helmick, 1793, the Pines Road in Monterey. Again, that is Elaine Van Devender, who passed away Tuesday, September 1st. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to ACG Hospice, 427, Lee Jackson

19:03Highway, Suite A3, Stanton, Virginia, 24401. Online condolences at OBAulfuneralhome.com Lawrence Bruce Burns, age 79 of Monterey, passed away Wednesday, September 2nd at his home. A celebration of life will be held and announced at a later date. Again, that is Lawrence Burns, who passed away Wednesday, September 2nd. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to ACG Hospice, 427, Lee Jackson Highway, Suite A3, Stanton, Virginia, 24401. Online condolences at OBAulfuneralhome.com

20:29Star 8 September 9th. The sun belongs to a rare class of stars, class G. Members of this class account for only 7 or 8% of all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy. A star's class is determined by its surface temperature, which we see as its color. G stars are in the middle of the temperature scale, so they shine yellow or yellow white. Most class G stars are in the prime of life, a span that puts them on the main sequence. They're steadily fusing the hydrogen in their cores to make helium, and most of them will stay in that phase of life for 10 billion years or longer. Most of them are within about 15% of the mass of the sun. Any heavier and they get hot enough to move up to class F or higher.

21:32Any lighter and they'd be cool enough to move down to class K or M. Main sequence G stars are only a small fraction of the size, mass, and brightness of the top stars, but the stars in higher classes are even more rare than G stars. So the sun, which is near the top of its class, shines brighter than about 90% of the stars in the Milky Way. Not all G stars are on the main sequence though. Some are bloated and heavy. Such stars are more massive than the sun. They've burned through the hydrogen in their cores and are fusing hydrogen in a thin shell around the core. But they're undergoing a transition so they won't stay yellow for long. The short-lived monsters of class G. McDonald Observatory offers workshops, guides, and other resources for teachers, details at McDonald Observatory.org. And for the McDonald Observatory, I'm Billy Henry.

22:37StarDade comes to you on these stations with the help of the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. GBO is a facility of the National Science Foundation. This is BirdNode. It's the tail end of summer and the Wilson's Wardlers had a busy few months. In May, courtship and nesting reached full swing. The tiny yellow birds made their homes in its dense tickets in the humid and boreal coastal forests of northern North America. By early August, those forests were alive with flashes of yellow. Despite the attentions of predators and the vagaries of weather, many adult pairs have raised their four young, which flit and flicker amidst the undergrowth. Young male warblers, fledged in June or July, have been learning their father's songs all summer.

23:40Spring, nay, we'll sing these songs too. By early September, perhaps after one last afternoon dip in a local puddle, Wilson's warblers will begin their migratory trek south. Flying after dark to avoid predators, feeding and covered during the day, these tiny birds are bound for the leaves, where many will find our winter home on a coffee farm. So if you're a coffee drinker and you choose to buy shade-grown coffee, you're helping to preserve the wintering grounds of Wilson's warblers and many others. Learn more about the difference you can make for birds when you visit our website, birdnot.org. I'm Michael Stein.

24:40On this day is presented by the Holland Historical Society. Today is September 9th. On this day in 1903, the first automobile ever seen in Holland County made its appearance in Monterey. A couple from New York, coming from White Soul for Springs through hot springs, glided into town, headed for Washington, DC. The following morning, a large crowd gathered to Washington Department on the next slag of their amazing journey. So the football game this weekend, it is the Pocahontas Warriors versus the Bath Chargers. That's going to happen Friday at 7 p.m. It's going to be in Pocahontas. To listen online, go to AlligainyMountainRadio.org. Click on the Go Warriors tab on the homepage. You can also listen to any of the AMR stations. It'll be all over all the airwaves.

25:42From the Farm Credit Studios, this is on the Farm Radio. Rural and agricultural news coming up next. Today's program is made possible by Farm Credit, a nationwide financial cooperative serving agriculture in rural America since 1916. Farm Credit provides loans for farms, homes, land, and agribusiness. Information at farmcredit.com. Equal housing lender, NMLS number 456-965. You are listening to On the Farm Radio with Jeff H.E. How is the U.S. Farm economy doing in September of 2026? We found out in this report from the American Farm Bureau. The Department of Agriculture released updated farm income numbers this week and the outlook is still bleak. Faith Parham, an economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the adjustment recalibrates numbers USDA released in February. USDA raised its 2026 net farm income forecast by about $5 billion from its February forecast, and they think it's going to land right around $158 billion.

26:45That is a decline from 2025 farm income, which was about $163 billion. Furthermore, production costs continue to climb even as cash receipts increase. So we are continuing to see higher cash receipts in some commodities as prices continue to increase. We continue to see more and more production expenses as well. In fact, they increased their first estimate of production expenses by $15 billion, so continuing to see record production expenses this year. Parham says there's one major lever that Congress can pull to help stabilize the farm economy. The biggest thing policymakers can do is pass a full five year farm bill. We know that the Senate will be considering it when they come back from recess, and so we really encourage lawmakers to continue to work on a farm bill pass it so we can have a fully modernized, harmonized farm bill that will give some security to farmers and ranchers as they plan ahead. For more information, go to the intel page at fb.org Chad Smith, Washington. Stay tuned.

27:45Your daily pearl of wisdom is coming up next. In the sweet water, a college student teaching is swimming at the line. In Woodford, an iron worker built a home with habitat for humanity. In Detroit, a dental hygienist helps clean up the state park. In Seattle, a commercial fisherman joins the naval reserve. People across America are giving back to their community and their country. The naval reserve is proud to include these individuals among our ranks. Together, we will build a better world. Call 1-800-US-A-US-N-R or go to navalreserve.com. Naval reserve stays strong. For rural and agricultural news at our website on the farmradio.com, a pearl of wisdom today came in by postcard back in August of 2004 from longtime listener Raymond Darty and Matthias West Virginia. Raymond says true knowledge. True knowledge is realizing how little we know and how much we need to earn. Thank you Raymond for that pearl of wisdom. You're on farm and I'm here. We thank Highland Welding and Outdoor Stoves for their support of On The Farm.

28:47They offer general repair of farm and logging equipment made to order hydraulic lines and fittings and on road service. They are open Monday through Friday from 8 to 5 and may be reached at 540-474-3006. Now the link is from VNN, the Virginia News Network. Henrico families who rely on public water supplies can soon see new protections aimed at tracking so-called forever chemicals. In Henrico County Board of Supervisors is considering new rules that would require certain businesses to monitor and report PFAS, chemicals linked to health concerns including some cancers. Public Works Director Bentley Chan tells 12 on your side. The data will help the county identify potential contamination sources and keep those chemicals out of the environment. The proposal follows years of PFAS testing in eastern Henrico where county crews found detectable levels in some private wells and installed dozens of filtration systems.

29:51If approved, the new requirements would take effect immediately. I'm Thomas Cage. The Richmond Library says they will soon begin accepting book donations. A book drive will be held Saturday, September 19th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Officials with the library say they welcome any used hardbacks, paperbacks, CDs or DVDs. Books must be clean and in dry condition. Book donors will also receive a tax reduction with their donations. The library says books can be dropped off behind the library at the rear entrance. I'm Kitty Gray. Star Wars fans will get the chance to celebrate the franchise's 50th anniversary on the biggest movie screen possible. Mad Manson has the details. I'm Max and I'm both Star Wars Episode 4. A new hope and the new film Starfighter starring Ryan Gosling will get 70 millimeter releases next year. That particular format has seen a massive surge in popularity following Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

30:52The re-release of the original Star Wars film will hit theaters on February 19th. Starfighter will premiere on May 28th, 50 years to the day after Star Wars debuted. I'm Rebecca Hughes. This is VNN, the Virginia News Network. Support for Allegheny Mountain Radio comes from the Virginia Education Association, resources for parents and teachers at v-e-a-n-e-a.org because a good education is good for everybody. The Pocahontas County Opera House sponsors the birthday announcements on Allegheny Mountain Radio offering arts and entertainment in this historic venue in downtown Marlington. Today September 9th on our local birthday list, Cassandra Smith,

32:22and Christina Leightner Collins. Happy birthday to you folks. You share it with these notable people, actor Adam Sandler, singer Michael Bubble, also known as Bublé, but I don't like to say it that way. Actor Hugh Grant, Russian author Leo Tolstoy, singer Otis Redding, football player Joe Thysman, and KFC founder, Colonel Harlan Sanders. There's a talented and nice joke I'd like to do here, but I think I better pass hashtag awakewake. Perhaps the most popular song in American campaign history, and it's very unlikely source, you're on the soundbeat. Happy birthday to you folks. Happy birthday to you folks. Happy birthday to you folks. Lericist Jack Yellen wrote Happy Days Are Here Again with composer Milton A.J. in 1929.

33:26Yellen was a registered Republican, which bears relevance in that the song would become not only Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 campaign song, but the unofficial song of the Democratic Party for years to come. He probably still cashed those checks though. He's been listening to Leo Reisman and his orchestra on a Victor 78 from 1929. The song was featured in the 1930 MGM film Chasing Rainbows, and the Recording Industry Association of America ranked it number 47 on their songs of the Century List in 2001. This episode was co-written with Christina Reed, part of the soundbeat class partnership. For more on the SBCP, check out soundbeat.org. The show is produced at the Belfer Audio Archive, Syracuse University Libraries. I'm Brett Berry.

34:42Time now for Storycore. We're featuring stories about agricultural safety, a topic that local farmers in our region know well. I have always felt that there is a difference between people that grow up on farms and people that grow up in this city. We all each have our awareness of what's going on of a different level around us, a different type of things. And love my husband, dearly, but he's not always aware of every little thing that's going on in the peripherals there when he's out in the barn and stuff. Anyway, I went to the 4-H demonstrations and I came back and I met at the door at the house with my neighbor who was a nurse and she's like, oh, he's okay. He's okay, Gloria. He's okay. Oh, what happened? Well, Jason is in the bathtub. He's covered with cow manure. She's been washing him and trying to get him cleaned up and Dave had been scraping the slab and you go around in a circle and scoop the manure into the square hole where the

35:45manure would go and then you pass by with the tractor. And Jason was on the slab with him with his little ritt tractor mimicking dad as all kids do. So he was making around with his little tractor peddling or trotting along and pushing his little tractor along. And this happened a couple times and then Dave noticed that he saw him just out of the side of his eye, which is his one time at least thank goodness he saw this. Jason, one of his little red tractor, got to the part where the manure had been being and it was slick and he put his feet down to stop just like dad did and he didn't stop. He scooted right off into the manure and splashed right down into the manure tank and Dave jumped off the tractor and ran over there and luckily it was out there. And he was high enough that he could just grab his coat by the collar. So he was floating on his little tractor, hanging on for dear life and dad was able to scoop down and grab him and pull him out.

36:45It was quite traumatic for all of us. It's an accident that could have been a fatality very easily. The moral of this story is always have a great over here where you're scraping that is got whole small enough where you can't get animals or people into them. This story was produced by the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center at the University of Washington in partnership with StoryCorps through a National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Grant. It's Wednesday. You've made it over the hump but you feel a little afraid around the edges. The Duke of Jazz has just what you need to take the hectic out of your week. The Duke Pete Petard brings you four hours of smooth jazz on Lights Out Jazz.

37:48Wednesdays from 6 to 10 pm on Allegheny Mountain Radio's FM Network. It plays the best of smooth jazz this side of the Eastern Seaboard. Sit back, relax and let Pete do the work of soothing and smoothing out your work week. You will feel better just by tuning in to Lights Out Jazz Wednesday from 6 to 10 pm on the FM side of Allegheny Mountain Radio and online at AlleghenyMountainRadio.org. Here's today's edition of Health in a Harp Heat. On the second Sunday of every March at 2 in the morning, the nation's clocks collectively jump forward an hour. It's daylight savings time and for many, it's a royal pain. We lose it an hour asleep. Lawmakers are always talking about eliminating the time change, implemented to conserve energy, first during World War I, and then again for the Second World War.

38:48Many think it's outlived its usefulness. And to say moving the time disrupts our circadian rhythm, our internal cellular clock that keeps our bodies tuned to the planet's rotation. That is consequences for good health. Now scientists say moving clocks back in March poses another hazard. It might endanger a good vision. A recent study published in scientific reports suggests the springtime change might trigger proliferative diabetic retinopathy and neovascular age-related macular degeneration, both can progress to blindness. Researchers combed health insurance data for more than 12 million people between the ages of 18 and 64. They found a significantly higher risk of conditions in the month following the time change. Scientists also found that gating an hour on the first Sunday of November was associated with the lower risk of these eye problems. Blame it on our circadian rhythm. The body releases more stress hormones when we lose sleep. Coupled with changes in blood pressure and glucose control caused by a disrupted rhythm, this can damage the eye's sensitive, small blood vessels.

39:51The study is another lesson in the importance of our circadian rhythm, the same phenomenon that causes jet lag. Disrupted at your peril. Health and a heartbeat is produced by University of Florida Health, committed to advancing excellence in patient care, research, and education, and by WUFTFM. Our medical advisors include University of Florida, College of Medicine faculty members, who provide the latest information and health research and patient care. Visit us at heartbeatradio.org. This is a message from the Bath County Animal Welfare Foundation. The foundation is currently seeking temporary homes for cats and dogs in Bath County. Fostering provides safe housing for animals until they can be adopted into permanent homes. All necessary supplies and veterinary care are provided by the foundation. For more information about local animal services, 540-968-6635. Solar California.

40:52I'm Randy Simon and this is Earthwise, so look at our changing environment. Solar panels produce 51% of California's electricity during the month of May. This was the first time the clean energy source produced more than half of the state's power for an entire month. It wasn't just a milestone for California. It was a milestone for the entire world. California was the first major economy to cross the 50% threshold for an entire month. In June 2025, Hungary produced 47% of its power with solar, but Hungary's GDP is far smaller than that of California. The only fossil fuel that California burns at appreciable levels is natural gas, and solar is steadily diminishing its use. It didn't just out generate gas in May. It is out-produced throughout every month of 2026, leading up to it. The Trump administration keeps saying that the sun doesn't shine at night, but California's massive deployment of battery energy storage provides the state with plenty of power at night

41:55by shifting mid-day solar production to the evening hours. It is not unusual for batteries to provide a quarter of the state's electricity for portions of the night. Ten years ago, solar power only accounted for 17% of California's electricity. There were only 61 megawatts of battery storage. Now the California Independent System operator, which manages the state's grid, has 16 gigawatts of storage, an increase of over 26,000%. California will undoubtedly break the 50% threshold again, and with increasing frequency, and in the coming years, more states and countries are likely to join the club. Earthwise is a production of WAMC. Find us on social media at WAMC Radio and listen anytime anywhere wherever you get your podcasts. Remember when you were a kid navigating life challenges? The world's changed and it's moving fast. It feels like now it's even harder and moving even faster than when we were kids.

42:59And yet for over 120 years, 4H has been there. Just like generations before, we are preparing today's youth to be beyond ready. Ready to serve, ready to build, ready to conquer, ready to succeed. Through dynamic programs that build skills like leadership, problem solving, team building and confidence, 4H is preparing the next generation to be beyond ready. You can join in and discover how we're shaping the next generation through 4H. Speaking of ready, I now have a co-pilot ready to give you the weather forecast. Welcome, Pistol Pete Atkison back to Noon Air magazine. Good to be here. Good to be here. The mid kids. The first club meeting is next Friday. I'm not sure if we can get them on the week after that. We will shoot for that, but you of course are an honorary mid kids. So glad to have you in the studio. It's 79 degrees. How about that forecast? For today it's mostly sunny with highs and the mid-70s to the mid-80s and light winds mostly out of the Southwest.

43:59Tonight mostly clear of lows and a low to mid-60s and Southwest winds at 5-15 mph. Tomorrow partly to mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms with highs and the 70s to the mid-80s. West winds at 5-15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. With our night showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms and lows in the upper 50s to the low 60s and light winds mostly out of the West. Friday a mix of sun and clouds with a chance of showers or thunderstorms and highs and a low 70s to the low 80s. On Friday night mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and lows in the upper 50s to the low 60s. Our weather observers around the area, Jeanette Robinson and Boller saw a high yesterday of 79, a low of 57, temperature this morning, 60 degrees. Keith Carson and Bluegrass saw a high yesterday of 77, a low of 56, and a peak wind gust of 12

45:00miles per hour. His temperature this morning, 60 degrees. Erwin Berry and Slady Fort saw a high yesterday of 74, a low of 53, temperature this morning, 56 degrees, some West winds at 2 miles per hour and Julia Boserman and Bartow saw a high yesterday of 83, a low of 55, temperature this morning, 56. This is Highland County Sheriff Bob Kelly. As we move into the summer months, I want to personally thank each of you for your continued support of the Highland County Sheriff's Office. During this time of year, our roads and highways will see increased traffic as more people travel for vacations. We can getaways and visits to enjoy the beauty of our county. With the increase in travel comes a greater need for awareness and caution behind the wheel. I encourage everyone to remain alert and watchful while driving. Traffic accidents often increase during the summer months, especially when drivers become

46:01distracted. Are unfamiliar with the roads or focus on something other than the traffic around them? Please do your part to help keep our roads safe for residents and visitors alike. Together, we can make this a safe and enjoyable summer for everyone. Thank you again for your continued support and stay safe. Upcoming events, the Highland County Board of Supervisors, upon the recommendation from the director of Solid Waste, has determined that the recycling trailer needs to be retired, it is no longer safe to transport to off-site locations. Highland County will only be able to accept recycling at the main site located at 1018 airport terrace road in Monterey. The following items can be recycled, aluminum cans, tin cans, paper and cardboard. The Pocahontas County Farmers Market is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lot across

47:02from Rivertown and Marlington. The Highland County Food Pantry will be open from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Stonewall Rivertons building in McDowell. The living arts gathering will present a day of storytelling and movement Saturday in warm springs. The program includes storytelling and movement workshops, followed by an evening storytelling performance and community dance. Helps to turn up your microphone. Thank you sir, appreciate that. Sit still, sit tight. We are going to have another listen to today's local news stories. Sons advertising caverns are a common sight in the Shenandoah Valley. From the world famous for a caverns and the great stalactpiporgan to the Grand Cavern in

48:02Grottoes. There are many options for leisurely strolls into the region's subterranean worlds. But for those looking for a little more adventure, they need to look no further than the small community of Burninsville, Virginia. They had the chance to catch up with the Butler Cave Conservation Society in an open house they held on August 22nd. We are here today to reach out to the community, educate folks about caves and cars and sinkholes all over the place. That's Sarah Zinnefon, a board member of BCCS. So we kind of wanted to do some education. Let folks know we're resource. If they want to explore their caves or learn more about the areas they're in, you can invite us out, we'll show you around, or we can show folks around our own caves. The Butler Cave Conservation Society owns multiple cave containing properties in the area, including the Butler Cave system with some 18 miles of passageways. The organization maintains the properties as they continually explore and map the system. But the organization is about more than just spelunking. Well, it's easy to think of caves as simply dark labyrinths full of neat rock formations

49:04and the occasional cluster of bats. They play a much deeper role in our local ecosystems. Open houses also provide BCCS an opportunity to bring in other organizations to share their knowledge and important work. My name is Courtney Parker. I'm the Office and Programs Manager for Southeastern Cave Conservancy. As a similar to Butler Cave Conservancy, we protect and serve caves and car slans in Southeast. Caves play a critical role in transporting our groundwater, which we all depend on. So if you care about having clean water, you also want to care about the quality of the water transportation underneath your feet, whether that's through a well or a lake or stream. Andrew Young, Watershed Monitoring Coordinator for the Cowpass-Driver Preservation Association Concurres. The hydrology of the Cowpassher and the Jackson Watershed is so an amazing and remarkable natural resource. It's super interconnected from the car system. I'm sure this people that know way more about it than me, but I know they do die tracing and they still haven't found where some of these caves sink to and come out. So it's an incredibly complex system because of the hydrology and the importance of this

50:08area to the culture and economy. We're here to protect and resource and make sure the water is clean for everyone. Beyond understanding the role's case play in our water systems, they also are full of important scientific information that continues to be researched and explored. Rosie Bear, part of BCCS Science Committee, explains. So we've been helping students with research on the chemistry of the sediment, with the US Geological Survey on age dates of the sediments, some speliothemenalysis, which will give you like your paleoclimate history as recorded in a cave formation. As I quickly found out, there are many things to think about when it comes to cave preservation. From water quality protection to scientific research and protecting the habitats of her furry flying friends who keep down mosquito populations, making sure people appreciate and respect these areas is extraordinarily important. But for some of us, there's also the fascination with caves that goes well beyond the hydrological and ecological importance. Caves are just well, really cool. The thing with caving is that everything has a chance to be very muddy and slick and slippery.

51:14That was Rowan, one of the many volunteers helping give tours that day. A seasoned splunker, she provided our group with a lot of good advice to stay safe and protect the cave. Good rule of thumb is having three points of contact. In the cave, we also have all sorts of very beautiful formations. The coolest ones are the glurry ones. Don't touch them. That's how you break them and that's how you make them muddy and so they aren't going to grow in the future anymore. After Rowan gave us a thorough briefing on what to expect, we made her way through the heavy door and descended down into the cave. You can instantly feel the temperature and humidity drop, but welcome relief from the heat outside. We're in the entrance. Already we can see some pretty formations. You can see up there some of the formations are coming in white. That means it's like kind of fresher. It hasn't as much mud and accumulate on it. Over the next 20 minutes, we continued almost a quarter mile into the depths of Butler

52:16Cave. Working through only a few narrow passages before we entered San Canyon. Along the way we saw gypsum work against way through the crevices. It's not quartz. Is it gypsum? It's probably gypsum. You can see actually on the side you can see these are some really nice pretty. Is it kind of like the starts and keeps in the flowers? Where the crystals can grow like pearls. It's a completely different world full of mystery that back in to go around the next turn to see what else can be discovered. With so many of these cave systems in the region, it's important for organizations like BCCS to help conserve these natural wonders, explore them, and help us understand the importance in our natural world. If you're interested in learning more about this region's caves, you can connect with the Butler Cave Conservation Society through their website, butlercave.org, for Alligain and Mountain Radio News. This is Nick Mullins.

53:32The Bear and Bath County Arts invite regional artists to submit their work for an upcoming jury show entitled, Illumination and Exploration of Light in the Dark Mons of the Year. The exhibition will be held at the Bear's Downtown Gallery Space and Hot Springs from October 17th until January 31st. Artists may submit their work now at bathcountyarts.org, slash the Bear Exhibits, submissions will close September 20th, 2026. Illumination will depict the animal shift in the seasons by exploring the interplay between darkness and light, winter and warmth, day and night, explain Sage Tangue, director of the Bear. She also shared that they welcome single submissions across a wide variety of media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and mixed media, and that they're also highly interested in hearing from poets, musicians, and other creatives who are inspired by the seasonal theme. All artwork featured in the show will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds

54:35supporting the nonprofit mission of bathcountyarts. Funds raised benefit arts-related community grants, local educational programs and scholarships, helping to sustain and grow the arts throughout the county. Again, the show dates will be October 17th, 2026, through January 31st, 2027, at the Bear, at 2833, Main Street and Hot Springs, Virginia. Artists submissions are online now through September 20th, 2026, detailed information, submission guidelines, and online registration for artists is available on their website. For AMR News, I'm Abby Dufour. West Virginia Metro News, I'm Chris Lawrence, and early morning house fires claim to life in Mason County authorities recalled of that home on Route 62 at Leon about three o'clock this morning, one person died in the fire and a second was taken to the hospital and investigation into a cause for the fires underway. There appears to be no end in sight for a new contract and the ongoing strike by the

55:36Teamsters Union against the beverage market. Teamsters local 175 president Steve Day says they are willing to sit down and negotiate, but he does not believe that the company feels that way at all. It's kind of confusing on what they actually want, except to break the union. That's what it seems like they really want. Now the beverage market delivers products like Miller, Madello, and Red Bull to 30 counties of West Virginia. Those deliveries have been made in recent weeks by replacement workers who have crossed the picket line. There is disappointment by those opposed to the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link or the Marl Transmission Line after the PSC refused to delay a hearing to consider permits for the project. That McElhaney tells us more. Several participants in the case, led by PSC staff, had called for a delay in the hearing after proposed route changes for the project often called Marl, affected several landowners who wouldn't have been affected before. By commissioners and an order file last week concluded that all issues could be settled

56:36within the existing time frame. More from Brad at www.matteranews.com. You're listening to Materanews The Voice of West Virginia. Hello, I'm Chuck Knight, Chief Engineer for Allegheny Mountain Radio. It's that time of the year when the weather does weird things to AMR's FM signals. Specifically, various weather features create phenomena such as tropospheric ducting, making it possible for signals far away from here to come booming in covering up AMR's FM signals. The problem was worse in those areas where AMR's FM signal was marginal, making it easy for those so-called skip signals to come in and override AMR programming. Our SOAAM station, WVMR at 1370, is also affected by weather, but in completely different ways. Thunderstorms, many miles away create that familiar crackle so often heard during the summertime on AM radio. There's not much we can do about it except ride it out and wait for it to go away. If you have access to the internet, you can always listen to our audio stream.

57:38Just go to www.alleghenymountainradio.org and click on the Listen Live button. This is Deputy John Carpenter with the Highland County Sheriff's Office. Here with a reminder to take proper precautions and share the road. Highland County and surrounding areas now have an increased number of horse drawn buggies on our roadways, and these can create special challenges due to their slower speeds and visibility, especially at night. Motors are urged to be aware of their presence in the area and be cautious when approaching, following or passing these buggies. Also try to anticipate their presence, especially in the curves and approaching hills. Take care so everyone can arrive alive. So that's going to do it for new hour magazine. You got any pressing business today? You're going to hang around for members only. I will hang around for members only. Very good. Now you realize hanging around doesn't mean you just get to sit back in the air drum. You're going to be put to work. You realize that, right? Yes sir. All right. All right. Well let's start it off right then. Go ahead with the station IDs. All righty. WVLS, Monoray, Virginia, 89.7 FM.

58:42WCHG Hot Springs, Virginia, 107.1 FM. WNMP, Marlinton, West Virginia, 88.5 FM. And WDMT, Marlinton, West Virginia, 106.3 FM. WVMR FM, Hillsboro, West Virginia, 91.9 FM. W278, AL, Durban, West Virginia, 103.5 FM. WVMR, Frost, West Virginia, 1370 AM. Streaming online at alloganymountainradio.org. Thank you sir. Appreciate that. It is 1 o'clock. We are off with the wall flowers.