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2024 Gritty Chix Mud Run will benefit New River Conservancy

OAK HILL — The 10th Gritty Chix Mud Run will be held Saturday at ACE Adventure Resort. Gritty Chix is a fun run where participants sprint, walk, skip or dance through an obstacle course full of walls, tubes, and mud pits. Each year part of the registration price is donated to a community cause, and this year’s run will benefit the New River Conservancy.  More than 700 people from West Virginia and surrounding states will tackle the Moxie Mile or the 5K Tenacious Trail. The two courses have varying degrees of difficulty, but all challenges are manageable or can be ...

Kingdom Church offers grief conference June 15

Ever experienced the loss of one of your children and found it impossible to move forward?  The Source Foundation is holding the Ember Grief Conference at Kingdom EMC Church to help those suffering the loss of a child in their lives. The event is on June 15 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.  Rev. Kevin Cain, founder of the Source Foundation and pastor at Kingdom EMC Church, will host the Ember Grief Conference. He has had a long history of helping people in the process of grieving, having written a book on losing loved ones called “As She is Dying”. He has also officiated ...

WVRHC to celebrate West Virginia Day June 20

The West Virginia & Regional History Center invites the public to celebrate West Virginia Day with a program on West Virginia folklore and the opening of a new exhibit at 2 p.m. June 20 in the Milano Room of the WVU Downtown Library.   Attendees can enjoy birthday cake and ...

Tamarack Foundation creates ripple effect for local events

This January, the Tamarack Foundation for the Arts jumpstarted its Ripple program within the Morgantown community, designed to bring $10,000 to the local community to initiate two artistic projects. Over the past five months, a group of dedicated community members worked together to brainstorm and bring impactful creative projects to life, receiving additional support from the Visit Mountaineer Country Conventions and Visitors Bureau (VMCCVB) and the Main Street Morgantown Affiliate Program. Since its beginning in the Morgantown community in early 2024, the Ripple Program has supported ...