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Blenko’s Moonshine Jug captures W.Va. spirit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just in time for West Virginia Day, which is Saturday, the Blenko Glass Co. is releasing a West Virginia Birthday piece titled Autumn Flame, along with two companion pieces, Summer Shade and Spring at Last, as well as its limited-edition Moonshine Jug. The jug will be available[Read More…]
Parkersburg veterans retire worn American flags
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — It is the only time when burning an American flag is treated as a solemn occasion with reverence and respect. Veterans gathered in the parking lot at American Legion Post 15 along Ohio Avenue on Sunday to retire over 300 used American flags. Some were burned as[Read More…]
Charleston program features historic US flags
Yogis salute a hot sun in downtown Huntington
Eagles still big draw for 25-year-old excursion train
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Had bald eagles not established nests in the early 1980s in a remote, six-mile-long canyon carved through the mountains of Hardy and Hampshire counties by the South Branch of the Potomac River, the state’s second-oldest excursion train may never have left the station. Nesting bald eagles had[Read More…]
New bridge takes shape in Marion County
MANNINGTON, W.Va. — The new Clarksburg Street Bridge is starting to take shape. Michael Pratt, superintendent with Century Bridge, explained the beam setting began on Tuesday. These beams, or girders, will support the deck of the bridge. According to Pratt, the beams are joined together then set in place. The[Read More…]
Huntington’s Harmonica Club performs concert
Tug Fork yields discarded tires to volunteers
MATEWAN, W.Va. — Keith Gibson is working tirelessly to make the Tug Fork River tireless. The former coal miner is now in his third year of operating Hatfield McCoy Airboat Tours, giving visitors breezy, 40-minute jaunts up and down the picturesque waterway separating West Virginia and Kentucky. While on the[Read More…]
Marion County sportsmen’s club hosts veterans
RACHEL, W.Va. — Cast after cast, veterans from the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility out of Clarksburg waited patiently for a fish to bite their line. Catching mostly bluegill, those who served our country through the military were able to enjoy a day by the lake Thursday. This fishing event[Read More…]
