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Several new scholarships have been established at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to assist medical students with their educational expenses. They are: The Anthony M. Alberico, MD, Scholarship, whichwill be awarded to a first-year medical student who has financial need as per the Office of Student Financial Assistance standards. Dr.…
The Battle of Carnifex Ferry will be re-enacted Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, at 2 p.m. upon the same ground as the original conflict of Sept. 10, 1861. The re-enactment is hosted by the 36th VA Vol. Infantry and Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park. Past re-enactments have attracted hundreds of the country’s best Civil War re-enactors…
There is American football, there is golf, and there is the original football, which Americans call soccer. Now there is FootGolf – a combination of soccer and golf. The only place to play it in West Virginia is at Pipestem Resort State Park. “It’s another fun outdoor activity at the park,” said Kim Hawkins, Pipestem’s…
Moonshine legend and television personality Jim Tom Hedrick will be in Marmet and Beckley, WV on Wednesday, Sept. 10 for Meet & Greets and autograph signings to celebrate Sugarlands Shine’s arrival to the Mountain State. Hedrick’s signature unaged rye is the first “Legends” series of Sugarlands Shine, which is produced by Sugarlands Distilling Company in…
First United recently announced the appointment of three new members to the Corporation’s Board of Directors. The new members include John F. Barr of Hagerstown, Maryland; Brian R. Boal of Oakland, Maryland; and Marisa A. Shockley of Frederick, Maryland. William B. Grant, chairman of the board and chief executive officer for First United Bank &…
What would it be like to miss your child’s first birthday, their first steps or their high school graduation? What if you could not talk with your spouse or family for weeks at a time? What if you didn’t know if a family member was safe? For most of us these situations are rare, however,…