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Charleston will host its first American Cornhole tournament on Sept. 20-21, 2013, kicking off the American Cornhole’s Season IX Tour. “The popularity of this sport is phenomenal,” said Charleston Convention and Business Bureau CEO, Alisa Bailey. “Charleston is becoming known as a competitive sports venue and bringing this event here certainly adds to that reputation.”…
Fall campers are reminded that Coopers Rock State Forest campground will remain open through Oct. 31, and will reopen for the 2014 season April 1. The campground offers 25 sites with electric hookups. Twelve sites are designated for advance reservations. Children’s playgrounds are located in the campground and at various picnic areas. Located just off…
In response to a statewide request by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, the staff of the Cabell-Huntington Convention & Visitors Bureau will be participating in the National Day to Serve by volunteering at the Huntington Area Food Bank on Monday, September 23. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin is encouraging all West Virginians to organize projects and volunteer…
President Lincoln speaks from the train, battles are reenacted, dancers have an evening, and a war surgeon interpreter amputates a leg as part of weekend activities, demonstrations, and interpretive programs at Chief Logan State Park Sept. 28-29, 2013. Rebellion in the Hills is the weekend theme and all events are open to the public free…
In a continuing effort to create a more efficient and effective West Virginia State Police, Colonel C. R. “Jay” Smithers is pleased to announce the implementation of an Accelerated Cadet Program (ACP) for the 64th Cadet Class. This new initiative was specifically designed as part of a multifaceted approach to address manpower issues, which seem…
Brian Popp, assistant professor in the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry at West Virginia University, has been awarded an American Chemistry Society–Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant for his research on transition-metal-catalyzed reactions of petrochemical raw materials. The grant, which is offered to professors with research groups at institutions offering doctorates in chemistry,…