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WVDA reimbursing agricultural, handling practice audits

Audits aim to verify fruits and vegetables are produced, packed, handled, and stored in the safest manner possible.
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is offering full reimbursement to fruit and vegetable producers who have completed its Good Handling Practices and Good...

Café Appalachia and W.Va. State U. offer gardening series

Through October the lunch-and-learn series look at gardening in West Virginia.
Café Appalachia is teaming up with the West Virginia State University Extension Service to host a six-part series of gardening workshops through October 2020. The...

Aging, declining population leading to drop in ramp dinners

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A decline in population across West Virginia may be contributing to a drop in traditional spring ramp feasts, despite increased interest among tourists and...

Governor requests up to $2 million to jump-start aquatic center

Plans for the Greenbrier Valley Aquatic Center call for a 22,400-square-foot main building with three pools.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced today that he hopes to invest as much $2 million in construction of a new community swimming and...

Tyler development group looks to Ohio model for success

Among the most remarkable landmarks in West Virginia, the Tyler County Poor farm continues to fall into disrepair.
A group of Tyler County residents is looking to a county in Ohio for an economic solution required to rebuild a similar historical landmark...

W.Va. State U. mourns gifted alumni Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson and her family attended the dedication of a statue raised in her honor at West Virginia State University.
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, pioneering NASA mathematician, and West Virginia State University alumna Katherine Johnson passed away today at age 101, according to...

WVExplorer Magazine surpasses 2.5 million annual readers

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West Virginia Explorer Magazine has surpassed a rate of 2.5-million readers annually or an average of more than 7,000 readers daily, according to its...

After 125 years, Justice signs bill founding Bluefield State

Governor Jim Justice today signed a bill that established Bluefield State College.
One hundred and twenty-five years after the bill that established Bluefield State College was penned, Governor Jim Justice today signed the legislation during an...

Glenville, U.S. Forest Service to offer forestry internships

A new forestry partnership at Glenville State College is providing internships in the Monongahela National Forest.
The Glenville State College Department of Land Resources, the GSC Foundation, and the United States Forest Service have partnered to offer internship opportunities for...

WVU, food pantry in Wyoming County expand poultry project

Poultry is now helping feed families in rugged Wyoming County in southern West Virginia. (WVU Photo)
Nestled among some of the steepest mountains in southern West Virginia, Wyoming County is weathering equally steep economic struggles. Almost wholly reliant on a declining...

New River Gorge farm to launch online farmer's market

Farm manager Susanna Wheeler tends a garden at New Roots Community Farm near Fayetteville, West Virginia.
Technology is providing a boost for farming and agritourism in the northern New River Gorge Region, thanks to a partnership between a central-Appalachian agricultural...

W.Va. State U. to host spatial analysis workshop for farmers

A farmer surveys pasture and cropland in eastern West Virginia.
The extension service of West Virginia State University will host a workshop series on sustainable production management through spatial analysis beginning Feb. 25, 2020. The...

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