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Poultry is now helping feed families in rugged Wyoming County in southern West Virginia. (WVU Photo)

WVU, food pantry in Wyoming County expand poultry project

Nestled among some of the steepest mountains in southern West Virginia, Wyoming County is weathering equally steep economic struggles.Almost wholly reliant on a declining coal-mining industry, its population has been nearly halved since 1950, and many residents struggle to make ends meet.When Arnold Simonse kept seeing the same families every month at the Itmann food … Read more