‘Yule Enjoy’ Blackwater Falls Holiday Celebrations Dec. 22–31, 2012
Blackwater Falls State Park activities include Christmas and holiday activities for overnight park guests and day visitors. Activities organized at the Tucker County destination to round out 2012 include: Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 “Brunch with Santa” Meet Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and a couple of elves from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Blackwater Lodge […]
Mountaineer Food Bank Receives $70,000 Donation from 2012 One Shot Deer Hunt Event for Hunters Helping the Hungry
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro has presented a check to the Mountaineer Food Bank representing $70,000 raised during the sixth annual Governor’s One Shot Deer Hunt, held in October 2012. The money will go to the Hunters Helping the Hungry Program (HHH), administered by WVDNR, to distribute venison to needy families […]
WVU College of Law Gains Asylum for Syrian Mother and Son
Fearful of their country’s ongoing civil war, a Syrian mother and son have gained asylum in the United States, thanks to West Virginia University College of Law students and professors. The clients, who prefer to remain anonymous, endured harassment and lived in a dangerous part of the country, where “bullets whizzed by their home” at […]
Microsoft In-kind Gift to WVU Business School Tops $245,000
West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics received an in-kind gift valued at more than $245,000 from the Microsoft Corporation. The gift was given through the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance program, and consists of two kinds of accounting software plus annual support for that software. “This generous gift from Microsoft will be very beneficial […]
WVU Demographer: Aging Boomers Continue to Limit WV Population
West Virginia’s population barely grew in 2012, adding slightly more than 500 people, according to the new population estimates released today (Dec. 20) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The estimates show that the state’s population in 2012 was 1,855,413 compared to 1,854,908 in 2011. This was a weak 0.03 percent growth, which was slightly below […]
Marshall Medical Outreach Offers Services Saturday at Harris Riverfront Park
More than a dozen Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine students, nursing students and medical residents, along with several faculty physicians, will be at Harris Riverfront Park Saturday, Dec. 22, as part of Marshall Medical Outreach, a program that offers medical care to people who are homeless or underprivileged. The services are provided […]
