Mansion by Candlelight at Blennerhassett Island State Park
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 […]
Hughes Lecture Series Presents Poet Maggie Anderson
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. […]
How West Virginia’s Budget Crisis Affects You
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 […]
West Virginia State University Sports Hall of Fame to Induct Nine
West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) athletic booster organization, the National “W” Club, will induct nine new members into the University’s Sports Hall of Fame with a brunch at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the James C. Wilson University Union. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is taking place as part of WVSU’s annual […]
WVSBDC Offers Small Business Workshop in Mineral County
A workshop on Business Fundamentals is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 18, in Mineral 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 […]
Google to Host Free Seminar to Help Northern Panhandle Businesses Get Online
On Monday, Oct. 3, Google and Senator Joe Manchin will bring Google’s Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map program to the Northern Panhandle. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at the Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling with a morning session for business owners. Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map is […]
