HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Ever since Coalfield Development purchased the old Corbin Building in Westmoreland, the former garment factory has experienced a new life not as an industrial center, but a playground for the arts scene. Now dubbed the West Edge Factory, the shop’s cleared warehouse hosted its second Culture Storm[Read More…]
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Orlando victims memorialized in Lewisburg
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The heavens opened up and wept with a group of nearly 150 Greenbrier Countians who gathered to memorialize the slain of Orlando, Florida. Lewisburg’s Center Green Park filled with people Thursday night, some seeking comfort and others simply joining together as a community to try and come[Read More…]
Parkersburg man still playing piano at 100
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Today, Charles Mitchell, of Parkersburg, will be celebrating his 100th birthday with friends and family at the West Virginia Masonic Home, at 3826 Murdoch Ave. “We will be having a big birthday bash for Charles; he is a very happy member of our family,” said Carmen C.[Read More…]
Camp Good Grief helps kids cope with loss
LAVALETTE, W.Va. — Some things are difficult to handle no matter how long we have been on this earth. Death is one of them. When Brock Bybee, 12, and his little brother Chase Bybee, 9, lost their grandmother in February, Chase Bybee said he thought it was his fault because[Read More…]
A band of pirates ashore in Clarksburg
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Cub Scout Day Camp was in full swing Tuesday as the Scouts learned about Flag Day, practiced putting up a tent, learned about geology, played archery and learned how to shoot a BB gun. The annual camp is one week long and held in Veterans Memorial Park[Read More…]
Blennerhasset Island hosts 1860s ‘base ball’ fun
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — People going to Blennerhassett Island on Sunday had to deal with a lot of “Aces,” “Hands Downs,” “Muffs,” “Strikers” and more as the island hosted a vintage base ball game. The Ohio Village Muffins, a vintage base ball club out of Columbus, appeared on the island Sunday[Read More…]
Ways to have fun on the water in West Virginia
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Trying to take a mini vacation this summer? There are so many different places to go and things to do in just a day around North Central West Virginia. Sutton, Tygart and Stonewall Jackson lakes, along with the Cheat River, are just a few places where you[Read More…]
‘Say Yes to the Dress’ star hosts WVU fashion show
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John Brown’s fort at Harpers Ferry on new quarter
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A newly minted coin depicting John Brown’s fort honors West Virginia’s Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The United States Mint joined the National Park Service on Wednesday to officially launch the America the Beautiful Quarters Program coin. The coin’s reverse design features Brown’s fort, the site of his[Read More…]
WVU makes student orientation an adventure
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For the first time, incoming WVU students can experience the wild, cicada-filled outdoors of West Virginia during their orientation visit. New Student Orientation (NSO) and Adventure WV partnered to form NSO Adventure Basecamp, a two-day excursion at the Outdoor Education Center in the University Research Forest. During[Read More…]
