The 10th annual Aunt Jennie Music Festival is Labor Day Weekend at Chief Logan State Park. Logan native Roger Bryant, grandson of West Virginia folk legend “Aunt Jennie” Wilson, will serve as emcee this year for the August 30 and August 31 event. Bryant, who has shared the stage with Tom T. Hall, Tammy Wynette,…
The West Virginia State University (WVSU) chapter of the NAACP has been recognized for the second year in a row by the national NAACP for its increase in membership. The WVSU chapter was awarded the 2014 Chairman’s Trophy for highest membership increase since 2012-2013 at the 105th annual NAACP Convention in July in Las Vegas.…
In May, The Education Alliance launched a new education-based speaker series called EDTalks: Connecting Education, Jobs and Our Future. EDTalks brings the internationally renowned “TED Talks” philosophy to West Virginia by providing a lively series of networking and education forums designed to engage business, education, and community leaders in public education issues. The EDTalks series…
While everyone probably knows a little something about most of West Virginia’s 55 counties, we wanted to increase the type of knowledge people have about our great state. It is with that goal in mind that we present “Facts from the 55.” We hope you enjoy and learn a little something about the state we call home.
By David King Reach out and touch somebody’s hand, make this world a better place if you can,” sung each evening by generations of Horseshoe campers, best tells the story of camp’s 75 years of service. Everyone who sees Horseshoe is struck by its beauty: a peaceful valley near St. George in Tucker County; a…
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today joined First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin to proclaim September as ‘Infant Safe Sleep Month,’ part of West Virginia’s Our Babies: Safe and Sound campaign, a statewide educational program to support parents and caregivers of infants with the support they need to keep babies safe while sleeping with a special emphasis…