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WVU crowd-sourcing contributors for new TV commercial

WVU fans take in a game at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—In what West Virginia University officials are haling as a remarkable move, the university this month is crowd-sourcing contributors everywhere and anywhere to...

WVU: diets and supplements not always protective

WVU researcher Safi Khan, an assistant professor in the School of Medicine, found that many nutritional supplements and diets don’t protect against cardiovascular problems and death.
Do the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they adhere to actually protect them against death and cardiovascular problems? Maybe not, according to a...

West Virginia remedy, elderberry revered by Celts, Native Americans

Elderberry blossoms on the edge of a West Virginia woodland.
One of my favorite Appalachian shrubs is blooming as I write—American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis). Elderberry has long been regarded as a cold-and-flu remedy in...

W.Va. Tourism reaches record number of social media users

Charleston, West Virginia, Kanawha County, Metro Valley Region
West Virginia’s Birthday social campaign last week reached more than 26 million social media users, thanks to thousands of fans of West Virginia who...

State urges landowners to sign-up for moth suppression program

Gypsy Moth in West Virginia
The W.Va. Department of Agriculture is urging landowners in the Mountain State to sign up for its cooperative Gypsy Moth suppression program to help...

Fayette County to unveil region's first community farm

Susanna Wheeler and Brad Woolf raise a high tunnel to be used for the market garden.
Fayette County officials are set to unveil on Saturday the region's first community farm, an agricultural initiative designed to support sustainable development. To occupy the...

USDA detects boxwood blight in West Virginia gardens

Scented boxwood hedges create form in the gardens at the Craik-Patton House.
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has detected boxwood blight in several residential and commercial landscapes throughout West Virginia. The blight was first diagnosed in...

Curious turn-of-the-century town attracting Ohio River investors

Terry Wiley is welcoming others to invest in Sistersville, West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
Rural Sistersville, West Virginia, might seem a curious place for a village of high-style architecture, but then the oil rush that brought prosperity here...

W.Va. board-game developer launches first title on Kickstarter

“It’s my belief that board games bring people together," says Jared Kaplan of Beckley-based Lonely Hero Games.
Lonely Hero Games, a new board game development company founded by two Beckley natives, has launched its first game, "Bank Heist" on the crowdfunding...

W.Va. State Parks to host second Farm-to-Table dinner series

Restored pioneer farm at Twin Falls Resort State Park, Wyoming County, Hatfield & McCoy Region
The W.Va. Department of Agriculture will host nine farm-to-table dinners at state park restaurants between June 15 and September 12 in conjunction with the...

New River college offering two-day survival skills course

A campfire blazes in the West Virginia hills.
Enhance your survival skills and knowledge during a two-day course offered in May at New River Community and Technical College’s campus in Nicholas County...

Brownfield assistance center calls for community applicants

No longer industrially viable, West Virginia brownfield sites are eligible for assistance.
Is your community suffering from the appearance of its old industrial or commercial sites—otherwise known as brownfields? The West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at West...

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