Using the Past to Educate the Future
By Shannon Lester Nestled in the hills of Southern West Virginia, Heritage Farm Museum & Village connects early Appalachian settlers’ survival ingenuity and ancestral problem solving with today’s technology to empower a brighter future. Home to more than 15 hand-hewn log structures—including indoor event space for up to 200 people, five log cabin inns, a […]
Local Family Doctor Reopens After June Floods Destroy Practice
Four months after reopening, Dr. John P. Richards is open for business in a new fully functioning facility. At the end of June in 2016, Richards lost his entire family practice to six feet of water during the severe floods that hit West Virginia. On June 23, 2016, Dr. Richards was forced to relocate after […]
Gov. Justice Announces Growing Healthy Communities Grants
Governor Jim Justice today announced more than $145,000 in awards for eight projects from the Growing Healthy Communities grant program. “Healthy communities mean a healthier workforce and that’s critical to attracting jobs to West Virginia,” said Governor Jim Justice. “These grants will improve the quality of life for our people.” The Growing Healthy Communities Program […]
A Global Network: WVU Reed College of Media Expands Access to Education
By Allyson Kennedy When graduate students in the West Virginia University (WVU) Reed College of Media’s online programs log into their courses, they could meet a marketing and communications manager from California, a digital strategist from Ohio, a mom from Texas or a full-time student from New York. Without the boundaries of a brick and […]
Fred Earley & Keith Burdette Join Bowles Rice
Bowles Rice is pleased to welcome Fred Earley, former president of Highmark West Virginia, and Keith Burdette, former Cabinet Secretary for the West Virginia Department of Commerce to the firm. Earley will lead Bowles Rice’s Health Care Team, and Burdette will serve as the firm’s business development director. Earley brings nearly 30 years of experience in the […]
Gov. Justice Congratulates Fly Rod Chronicles Host Curtis Fleming on Induction into Legends of the Fly Hall of Fame
Southern Trout Magazine will induct West Virginian Curtis Fleming into its “Legends of the Fly” Hall of Fame. Fleming hosts the Outdoor Channel’s “Fly Rod Chronicles with Curtis Fleming” and was recently named Cabela’s Fly Fishing Ambassador. He lives in Bridgeport. “Curtis Fleming is a wonderful ambassador for tourism in West Virginia,” Governor Jim Justice […]