Textile arts occupy a special place in my heart — I love sewing apparel for myself and I’m always interested to learn about how other creatives use fabric. When I […]
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Local nonprofit gets visit from Equal Employment Opportunity commissioner
Students and team members at West Virginia Women Work (WVWW) in Morgantown were visited by Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently, highlighting the importance […]
More than 100 donations (a whole lot more, probably)
Mick Householder was out for blood Friday morning. And the Morgantown chapter of the American Red Cross loved him for it. He even wore a short-sleeve shirt for the occasion. […]
Women’s struggles, achievements chronicled in WVU library collection
Consider the patriarchy and the Republic. Consider how long it took for us to get there — some later than others. Consider that, for many, it still isn’t as easy […]
Commission initiates planning process for Lockside Road facilities
MORGANTOWN — If you’ve ever driven down Lockside Road, off River Road, a couple things are quickly apparent. One, it’s short — about a quarter mile from start to dead […]
Sweet pairing: Cupcake and craft beer fest moves downtown
Still not convinced? About digging into a cupcake with a craft beer, we mean. “Hey, all you need to do is come downtown on Saturday,” Anna Carrier said. “You’ll love […]
Meet Mary Quarterman: Queen for a Day
FAIRMONT — If you attended the Johnnie Johnson Blues and Jazz Society concerts at Palatine Park in the early 2000s, when Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano player and Chuck Berry collaborator […]
Great Race to make its first stop in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — If Jeff Stumb were a betting man, he’d wager you’ve never seen anything like what’ll be rolling into town on June 24. That’s when some 120 antique, vintage […]
How a song from West Virginia ended up marketing tourism in Oklahoma
The redbuds are in full bloom at the Core Arboretum. And so was the delighted laugh this past Thursday afternoon of a certain director of the old-growth expanse off Patteson […]
‘Her birthday is even more memorable’
Relatively speaking, Carmella Di Claudio was going to cast a pretty big shadow, anyway. Newborns weighing nearly 10 pounds — 9.6, to be exact — have ways of doing that. […]
