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By Melanie Seiler Together, Active Southern West Virginia (ActiveSWV), a nonprofit promoting public health in the New River Gorge Region, and the New River Gorge National River have received a second year of grant funding from the National Park Foundation’s Active Trails program for 2017. ActiveSWV’s mission is to increase opportunities for physical activity to…
By Emma Pepper Rosalie Haizlett and Hannah Lenhart represent the top emerging creative talent coming out of West Virginia’s communities today. Selected by a committee of creative professionals working at the top of their fields, they are the first artists to be chosen for the new Tamarack Foundation for the Arts Emerging Artist Fellowship program.…
By Clara Lehmann “When we put on a mask, we think we’re hiding, but we’re really revealing.” That is a quote from Michael Roh, an award-winning mathematics and physics teacher at University High School in Morgantown, WV. With an engineering degree from West Virginia University (WVU), Roh is not only an exceptional teacher, but he…
By JoEllen Zacks Standing up for a kinder and more peaceful world can start by simply sitting down. That is the philosophy behind the buddy bench movement, a worldwide effort to create safe spots for children—or grownups—to gather when they are looking for a friend. The motto of the buddy bench movement is “Make Buddies, Not Bullies.”…
By Katie Allie These are my stories from the road and hard-won guidance from a thoughtful traveler. If I’m making you curious about getting lost and finding the good stuff in this great big world we all share, then I’m doing something right. Have you ever met someone and clicked so instantly with them that…
By Lori McKinney Downtown Princeton, WV, is blossoming with creativity, and every year on New Year’s Eve, it is absolutely electrified with a dynamic celebration that has quickly become a cornerstone holiday tradition. A multi-stage music and arts festival complete with fire dancers, ice sculptors, games, crafts, activities, live art demonstrations and more culminates with…