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NRGRDA Hails Enactment of Land Use Bill by State Legislature

Jina Belcher, executive director of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), hailed the state’s enactment of a bill that land reuse agencies say is crucial to their mission of returning vacant, abandoned or dilapidated properties to productivity. The bill, SB 538, cements the right of first refusal for land reuse agencies and municipal […]

Marshall University Researchers Identify Promising Treatment for Fentanyl-Xylazine Overdoses

Researchers at Marshall University have developed a promising treatment strategy to address overdoses involving fentanyl and the veterinary sedative xylazine, a combination increasingly linked to severe health complications and reduced effectiveness of standard overdose reversal agents. In a new study published in The Journal of Translational Research, Michael Hambuchen, PharmD, Ph.D., associate professor at the […]

Boone Memorial Health Wins National Telly Award

Boone Memorial Health (BMH) has once again earned national acclaim, receiving a Bronze Telly Award in the Business-to-Consumer Local TV category for its powerful Patient Experience campaign. This recognition places BMH among an elite group of creators at the 46th Annual Telly Awards—one of the world’s most prestigious honors for video and television content across […]

How Erica Bowden Became WV Hive’s 2024 Survivor Bee of the Year

Leaders at the West Virginia Hive Network proudly recognize Erica Bowden and her growing business–Auntie E’s Custom Order Bakery in MacArthur, WV–as a shining example, exemplifying resilience, growth and staying power and embodying the spirit of a survivor bee thriving against all odds. Bowden’s entrepreneurial journey is marked by profound personal challenges. In 2007, she […]

Annual Dash for Diabetes 5K Registration Now Open

Coplin Health Systems is once again teaming up with the City of Ravenswood to host the ninth annual Dash for Diabetes 5k Walk/Run event. This year’s race will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14 at Riverfront Park in Ravenswood, WV. Same-day registration will begin at 7 a.m. Just as it has for the past […]