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On October 19, University Healthcare and The Wellness Center at Berkeley Medical Center will sponsor the 34th annual Apple Trample 5k, an official event of the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival. The Apple Trample is a great event for first-time walkers and competitive runners who want to set a new personal record. This year’s even…
The Marshall University School of Pharmacy is marking American Pharmacists Month with several student-initiated activities including a poster contest in Cabell County Schools. The “Above the Influence” Poster Contest, which is sponsored in partnership with the Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership (CCSAPP), is open to all 5th-grade, middle-school and high-school students in Cabell County. …
Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) berries are bright red and abundant in higher elevations found at state parks such as Blackwater Falls, but perhaps the best way to see them is to ride the train at Cass Scenic Railroad in October. “At Cass, in addition to the ash berries, fall foliage is ablaze in an unbelievable color…
INTO Marshall will celebrate its grand opening at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the INTO Center on Marshall University’s Huntington campus. INTO officials will host tours of the facility as well as a reception following a ribbon cutting. INTO Marshall is located at East Hall, former home of the Marshall Community and Technical College.…
Jake Harriman, founder and CEO of Nuru International, will visit West Virginia University as part of this year’s David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas on Oct. 17. His talk, “The End: Nuru’s Vision for a World Without Poverty,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. It is free and open to the public.…
The story of a little girl coming to terms with her daddy’s dangerous job has won Gold in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Shovelful of Sunshine, by Stacie Vaughn Hutton, illustrated by Cheryl Harness, and published by Headline Kids, an imprint of Headline Books in Terra Alta, W.Va., won Gold in Moonbeam’s category for books…