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WECAN, West Virginia University’s sustainability program, is teaming with the Student Government Association and multiple colleges and departments across campus for the 2013 Spring Sustainability Awareness Week in an effort to raise awareness and promote sustainability as well as demonstrate WVU’s commitment to sustainability. The event will kick off on Sunday, Feb. 24 with SGA…
The West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University is offering local watershed groups in four regions that make up its 3 Rivers Quest Program up to $7,000 through a small grants program. A total of $160,000 in funding is available for eligible applicants from throughout the 3RQ project regions, which include the Monongahela…
The third Harrison County Entrepreneurs’ Café is scheduled for Monday, March 4, and brings a new partner to the team of organizations that host the Cafes in the county. Liberty High School’s DECA Chapter has joined Clarksburg Uptown and the Harrison County Chamber of Commerce in hosting and promoting the event. Harrison County was one…
About 200 eighth-grade students from Huntington Middle School will visit Marshall University’s Huntington campus Friday, Feb. 22, to take part in Future Investment Day. The purpose of Future Investment Day is for the students to realize the need for college and to understand the steps necessary to prepare for college. Future Investment Day features hands-on…
Local foodies have two opportunities to purchase farm-fresh goods at the West Virginia University Extension Service Small Farm Conference which begins Feb. 28 in Morgantown. Back by popular demand is the annual Winter Blues Farmers Market, sponsored by the West Virginia Farmers Market Association. The market is open to public from 3-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb.…
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has received a final report from the Governor’s Natural Gas Vehicle Task Force. The report provides several recommendations regarding the utilization of the state’s abundant natural gas to fuel the state’s transportation needs. “We have the opportunity to reinvest in our own economy, provide drivers with lower costs at the pump…