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For the third straight year, farmers, producers, locavores and foodies will converge on Huntington for in-depth training and discussions on the agricultural community in this part of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. The Tri-State Farm and Food Conference is Oct. 12 and 13 at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington, WV. The conference will focus on the food system, or foodshed,…
West Virginia University Hospitals-East and the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division will sponsor a community mini-medical school program on wound care featuring the new Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine based at City Hospital. The seminar, titled All About Wound Care, will be held on Tuesday, October 16 in the…
The 17th annual Alum Run 5k, a popular event for area runners and walkers, will once again take place during Marshall University’s homecoming weekend, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, in Huntington. Runners and walkers are invited and anyone (including non-alumni) may participate. The Alum Run 5k will take participants from Marshall’s campus into…
Kristina Pollard recently was named just the third director of Marshall University’s H.E.L.P. (Higher Education for Learning Problems) Center, Dr. Robert Bookwalter, dean of the College of Education, has announced. Pollard came to Marshall from the DeSoto County School District in Hernando, Miss., where she was the assistant principal at Horn Lake High School. “The…
“I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.” Jesse…
Best-selling author and influential thinker Dinesh D’Souza will present a speech to the University Economics Club at noon, Oct. 3, at River City, 1400 Main Street, Wheeling. The speaking event includes lunch ($10) and is open to the public. “We are pleased to present an author who is in great demand and invite the public…