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By Governor Earl Ray Tomblin Two months ago, I delivered my fourth State of the State address. It was an opportunity for me to highlight our successes, recognize my fellow West Virginians and share my proposals for this legislative session. The next day, however, would bring an unprecedented disaster—the Elk River Chemical spill. Immediately following…
By Eric Douglas Valor is supposed to be the stuff of legends; of heroes who sacrifice everything; people who die to save friends or strangers. By the time I finished the “West Virginia Voices of War” documentary, I realized valor is more common than we think. In early 2012, I began collecting oral histories from…
Like the neo-tropical migrants they come to see, guests for the annual New River Birding & Nature Festival travel thousands of miles on their appointed spring rounds. Entering their 12th year of operation, festival organizers have hosted participants from 46 of the 50 states (the Dakotas, Alaska and Hawaii being the missing parts) and from…
By Helen Matheny Alzheimer’s disease is shaping up to be the greatest health crisis of the 21st century. Currently, 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease—the sixth leading cause of death in America, and the only disease in the top ten with no cure or disease-modifying treatment. According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2013 Facts and…
The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), a federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organization serving Pennsylvania, West Virginia and parts of New York, was pleased to partner with Donate Life West Virginia to promote organ donation awareness in conjunction with West Virginia Hospital Day on February 6, 2014 at the Capitol Rotunda in Charleston,…
By Natalia Olson-Urtecho Our nation’s veterans have served our country proudly and bravely. They are true American heroes, and we must make sure that we’re doing everything possible to support them once they return to civilian life. That’s why, starting January 1, 2014 and for the rest of the fiscal year (FY), the U.S. Small…