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By Parween Mascari The Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) racing series began four decades ago with the vision of one man, Big Dave Coombs, from Morgantown, WV. His vision was to hold a 100-mile motorcycle race in the scenic town of Davis, WV. That race, the Blackwater 100, began in 1975. The race track was…
By Julie Boatman Filucci What do talents in the boardroom have to do with successfully and safely commanding an airliner full of passengers? More than you might expect. “Above all, it is leadership,” says Dr. Stephen Brown, dean of the College of Business, Humanities and Social Sciences at the West Virginia University Institute of Technology…
By Aila Accad, MSN, RN Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, set the mission of nursing in the early 1800s—to help people be in the right condition to heal as a whole, including attention to family, community and environment. When it became clear that the illness focus of American health care was not sufficient…
By Tessa Chafin Studies have shown that women are just as likely to win in elections as their male counterparts, women vote just as often as men, and, on top of this all, women make up more than 50 percent of the people in West Virginia. All of these are reasons why having only 18…
By Ashley Alford Grinding out the 9-to-5 workday made famous by Dolly Parton isn’t how business gets done these days. More and more small businesses are starting in Putnam County, and many of them are run out of a dining room rather than a boardroom. The owners of these small businesses need a place to…
By Jessica Wintz-Adams When my husband, Steven, and I were thinking about where we would like to celebrate one year of wedded bliss, we didn’t have to travel far. While many friends celebrating anniversaries often travel outside of West Virginia’s borders to sandy beaches or fast-paced cities, our weekend celebration gave us that getting-out-of-town feeling…