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A workshop on Business Fundamentals is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 20, Hancock County. The workshop is part of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WVSBDC) training and business coaching program Three Step Jump Start to help small business owners receive the right information at the right time. The workshop…
Marshall University will host a series of activities Oct. 4 through 6 in honor of National Community Policing Week to help promote engagement with local law enforcement officials. Dr. Cedric Gathings, vice president for student affairs, said these events aim to educate students and the community at large about many prevalent issues facing society today.…
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service invites you to “fall” into gardening with an Autumn Ag workshop series, taking place at community garden sites throughout Charleston during the month of October. The series will begin with a session on raised bed and container garden production at the Agsten Manor Community Garden on Friday, Oct.…
Enjoy autumn at Blennerhassett Island State Park’s Mansion by Candlelight event Oct. 14 and 15, 2016. For two nights, electricity is banished and guests are transported back to 1805 to see the Blennerhassett Mansion and grounds lit by hundreds of flickering candles. Guests are invited to board the Island Belle sternwheeler at Civitan Park in…
West Liberty University will welcome Appalachian poet Maggie Anderson to campus Oct. 4 – 5 as featured presenter for the annual Hughes Lecture Series. The campus community will have two opportunities to enjoy her work, at the official Hughes Lecture, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4 and at a poetry reading, 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5.…
Balancing the state budget has meant year after year of cuts to higher education funding in West Virginia. Public colleges and universities have been forced to respond with year after year of tuition hikes while the state’s Promise scholarship has remained flat, putting college affordability out of reach for some West Virginia families. Policymakers are…