Shovelful of Sunshine by Stacie Hutton Wins Mom’s Choice Gold Award

The Mom’s Choice Awards has given a Gold designation to Shovelful of Sunshine by Stacie Vaughn Hutton, published by Headline Books Inc. Shovelful of Sunshine is a children’s book paying tribute to coal miners and their families by a woman who grew up in the West Virginia coal fields. “My book was inspired by the…

New Video Showcases “The OSIX Experience”

Fairmont State University will host a special event premiering a new promotional video for the University’s Open Source Intelligence Exchange (OSIX). The premiere party for “The OSIX Experience” will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. The event is open to the public and will begin with a reception in the main entrance of…

HUD Reports Slight Decline in Nation’s Homelessness in 2012; Rise in West Virginia

On a single night last January, 633,782 people were homeless in the United States, largely unchanged from the year before. In releasing HUD’s latest national estimate of homelessness, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan noted that even during a historic housing and economic downturn, local communities are reporting significant declines in the number…