FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Several former students who walked through the halls of the old East Fairmont Junior High School on Thursday gathered to watch as the building they grew up around was demolished. “It’s bittersweet,” said Katie Musgrave, who graduated from East Fairmont High School in 1964. “It is kind[Read More…]
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Frisbees tossed to celebrate Fairmont park redo
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — It wasn’t the traditional ribbon cutting Wednesday at Palatine Park. Instead of lining up to cut a ribbon, Marion County and state officials including Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin lined up on the stage of the amphitheater and aimed. The group threw out bright green Frisbees and rubber[Read More…]
State official says let sleeping fawns lie
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Steve Phillips knew something wasn’t quite right when the beautiful pink blooms that he’d seen in his garden the day before were missing. He and his wife were walking Monday morning in the garden at their St. Albans home when they noticed the pink lilies were missing.[Read More…]
Huntington celebrates Japanese pop culture
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Getting about 300 costumed individuals into one spot for a group photo isn’t an easy task. But that’s what Jack Varney, one of the primary organizers of Huntington’s annual anime and manga convention, Tsubasacon, found himself tasked with Sunday afternoon at the third annual Natsu No Tsubasacon[Read More…]
Charleston’s Festivall princess now a mainstay
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Strolling around FestivALL events since 2007 in a stately pink dress and always wearing a colorful mask, Jude Binder’s character has become a mainstay at Charleston’s annual arts festival. That year, Larry Groce, the executive director of FestivALL, said event organizers thought her character encapsulated all sorts[Read More…]
Martinsburg memories collected for W.Va. Day
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The “Remember in Martinsburg When …” Facebook page is coming to the Martinsburg Public Library for West Virginia Day, which is Friday. The Facebook page is chocked full of old and not-so old photos of Martinsburg and the surrounding area that elicit comments, reminisces and answers to[Read More…]
WVU grad sculpts hawk for Botanic Garden
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Morgantown’s artist-to-watch, Benjamin Gazsi, unveiled his latest eco-sculpture Saturday evening at the Ben, BBQ, & Bluegrass Special Event hosted by the West Virginia Botanic Garden in Morgantown. This was the first sculpture Gazsi created as a “real artist” before he leaves for a graduate school near Rochester, New[Read More…]
Not just for kids
Despite label, sinkhole over mine shaft now fixed
PLEASANT VALLEY — A road that had collapsed due to an old mine shaft has been “capped” with asphalt. County Route 64, locally known as Pleasant Valley Road, collapsed into a a mine shaft about four weeks ago. The collapsed section was near the Marion County Department of Homeland Security[Read More…]
Truck snags wire, pulls down Raleigh power poles
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Two electric poles fell at Appalachian Bible College in Bradley Monday, but no one was injured, Bradley Fire Department Chief Bruce James reported. Around 10:43 a.m., officials said, the driver of a Lusk Garbage Disposal truck was collecting garbage at the college when the truck made contact[Read More…]
