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Huntington museum offers a hands-on tour

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than a century’s worth of broadcasting technology became an educational playground Thursday for more than a dozen campers from the Teubert Prep Day Camp at the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind. The visit to the Museum of Radio and Technology was part of the week-long camp,[Read More…]

Raleigh County theatre ends season with ‘Pippi’

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Get ready for the singing, dancing and high-energy antics of Pippi Longstocking at Theatre West Virginia’s final outdoor drama for the 2015 season. A 21-year-old Western Illinois University musical theater major, Sarah Bertram, is starring as the young, rambunctious redhead.  “It’s been an interesting process,” Bertram said[Read More…]

Murals add to Charleston’s inventory of public art

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston is a city awash with public art pieces, though some may be more obvious than others. Downtown is dotted with custom-designed bicycle racks. Statues can be found in gardens and in front of buildings around the city. Murals cover the walls of some buildings throughout the[Read More…]

W.Va. group raises awareness of pet prejudice

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Several black cats and a dog found new homes on Thursday, July 9. Animal Friends of North Central West Virginia hosted “Black in Style and on the Red Carpet” at Masman Jewelers, featuring food, fun and of course, pet adoptions. The event was designed to raise awareness[Read More…]

New $6 million Bluefield bridge taking shape

BLUEFIELD —  There was a party on Pulaski Street all afternoon long on Thursday as crews with Triton Construction worked to place the huge steel support beams for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Bridge replacement project. “I’ve gotten pictures of this project since day one,” Billy Jean Woods,[Read More…]

WVU camp hosts build-a-bike workshop

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources hosted a workshop on its campus Tuesday, July 7, combining outdoor fun and science. Andrew Hoover, with the WVU Research Corp., said the day’s course showed campers how to assemble a bicycle from scratch. “We started with just[Read More…]

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