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“I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.” Jesse…
Immediate admission decisions are available to students interested in attending West Virginia State University in the spring or fall of 2013 during On-the-Spot Decision Day, Saturday, Dec. 8. Designed for both first-time freshman and transfer students, the event will begin at 10 a.m. in the Wilson University Union and will feature presentations on admissions and…
The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations in West Virginia of the extended deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by severe storms and straight-line winds that occurred between June 29 and July 8, 2012. The deadline to file an SBA disaster loan application for physical damage is…
By Heather Williams Have you ever considered the impact a local newspaper has on a community? Newspapers today have a bigger responsibility to their community. In some communities, the local newspaper is the only media source. The paper not only has a traditional print audience, but it also has a digitally dependent audience to reach…
As a string band plays an old-time tune, flat-footing dancers pound out the percussion … not an uncommon sight in the Mountain Highlands of West Virginia. But what makes this ensemble unique is that they are college students at Davis & Elkins rehearsing on the back porch of one of the campus’s historic mansions. They…
Decorated for Christmas, the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History in Parkersburg is adorned not so much as a 21st century holiday, but as an international tour with Victorian influences. International trees greet museum visitors throughout December. “We have trees decorated to represent Germany, Russia, Scotland, England, Ireland, America, Spain, China, Japan, Africa, Greece, Sweden, Canada,…