Coming Home To Coal Country
By Rebecca Hersher, Shannon Heffernan

Coming Home To Coal Country
By Rebecca Hersher, Shannon Heffernan
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Ashley Funk looks back fondly on her days of playing in the black hills behind her Southwestern Pennsylvania house. But when she learned more about what those black hills were made of, it drove a wedge between her and her hometown.
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