Inaugural West Virginia Healthy People Healthy Places communities provide fresh fruits and vegetables to neighbors in need.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the celebrations intended to take place this spring to honor the seven communities awarded West Virginia Healthy People Healthy Places (WVHPHP) recognition had to be canceled. Given the unprecedented circumstances communities are facing as they rise to meet this health crisis, WVHPHP decided to repurpose funding that would have been…

Cabell Huntington Hospital Earns Optum’s Center of Excellence Designation

Cabell Huntington Hospital’s (CHH) Center for Surgical Weight Control has been named a Center of Excellence (COE) for bariatric surgery by the Clinical Sciences Institute of Optum®. CHH has received this award five times. A COE designation is given to medical practices that combine top-quality clinical care with excellent patient support and better patient outcomes.…

Mister Bee Potato Chips Adds Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels To Its West Virginia Family of Snacks

Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels is now available to customers throughout West Virginia, thanks to Mary Anne Ketelsen, CEO of Mister Bee Potato Chips. After Ketelsen tried and loved the product, she then learned the North Dakota family-owned business has never sold its thriving product in West Virginia. That led her to purchase the rights to allow…