BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Jan. 3 is unofficially considered National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day in the United States, but one Barboursville woman would be OK with every day having that distinction. Michelle Hill, owner of Tibbenham Chocolates, makes and sells her chocolate-covered cherries out of her other business, WV Quilt, 642 Main[Read More…]
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Photos from Tourism Day at the Legislature 2016
Fairmont boy state winner with 15-pound cabbage
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Landen Barkley, of Rivesville Elementary School, is the 2014 -2015 West Virginia State winner of the National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program. Barkley grew a 15.2 pound cabbage according to a press release from Bonnie Plants, the national plant wholesaler who sponsors the cabbage program. The[Read More…]
St. Marys restaurant straddles railroad history
ST. MARYS, W.Va. — Kristian Lenard sits at the table of his restaurant on Second Street in St. Marys where a train rolls past not more than 20 yards from his door. “That happens three, four times a day,” he says as he smiles. “There’s a lot of towns and[Read More…]
High winds damage Randolph County home
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Call for job prayer gets big response in Bluefield
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — On a Sunday when Citizens for Coal had asked folks across the region to pray for coal miners, the Princeton Church of God asked anyone needing prayer for job situations to come forward. Nearly half the church stood up and came to the altar to pray with[Read More…]
Huntington Ice Bowl disc golf tourney has best year
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Disc golfers from across the region hit the chains during the 19th annual Ice Bowl Disc Golf Tournament on Saturday morning at Huntington’s Rotary Park. Around 80 competitors from multiple states took to the frosty hills for the annual January shootout, which organizers say has carved its[Read More…]
In spelling bees, all but one must shrug off the loss
RACHEL, W.Va. — “Pneumatic” was the winning word at the 2016 Marion County Spelling Bee. Nate Kidder spelled pneumatic correctly to take first place at the spelling bee. In order to win first place, Kidder had to spell two words in a row correctly in the last round of competition.[Read More…]
Photos from Capitol Rotunda: Jan. 27
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WV snow-clearing crews move to secondary roads
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The primary roads in the Eastern Panhandle are in good shape, and crews are moving onto secondary roads, according to Brent Walker, communications director for the West Virginia Department Department of Transportation. “We still urge drivers to use extreme caution,” Walker said Monday afternoon in a telephone[Read More…]