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Study: WV’s regifting economy is worth $63M

Twenty-nine percent of West Virginians admit to re-gifting or selling unwanted presents. Though 1-in-3 believe it is morally wrong to sell or re-gift. The anticipation of Christmas and the excitement of unwrapping presents never grows old. But, as adults, the charm of the holiday sometimes brings a few less-than-perfect gifts — sure, sometimes Grandma’s itchy sweater or that unsolicited diet book makes us scratch our heads, but it’s all part of the holiday fun.It’s no shock then that the market for passing on these gifts has seen a boom. Many opt to regift or sell unwanted ...

Veterans enjoy a day of hunting

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — Juan Arevalo of Barbour County grinned ear to ear as he looked into the bed of his pickup truck. A large doe lay in the truck as he and friends discussed the day’s hunt. “This is the third deer I’ve ever killed,” he said. He leaned against the tailgate and admired the big white tail he had harvested only hours earlier from the farm of Mike Gray near the Barbour/Harrison county line. Arevalo is a native of Columbia and a veteran of the United States Army. His service was what brought him to the farm along with a dozen or so other ...

God’s work: West Virginia Caring plans Morgantown hospice center

MORGANTOWN — There’s a big brick building at 501 Van Voorhis Road — 48,000 square feet or so shaped like a giant H.  The sign above the front door says “Friendship Manor.”   Malene Davis calls it “The building God picked out.”  You see, Davis has spent the last 30-plus years working in hospice care. These days, the registered nurse serves as the president and CEO of West Virginia Caring, formerly Hospice Care Corp., which serves 12 counties -- basically covering everything from Flatwoods, north.  In 2004, the company opened a 12-bed inpatient ...

Vietnam Veterans Post 977, Preston County Sheltered Workshop helping veterans this holiday season

REEDSVILLE — Members of Vietnam Veterans Post 977, along with John Hyre, director of the Preston County Sheltered Workshop, filled 40 boxes of food to provide Christmas dinner for local Preston County veterans in need. Items in the box included a ham, potatoes, canned vegetables, rolls, butter and orange juice. “The Helpful Harvest Feeding Program provided the food for the boxes,” Hyre said. “Healthy Harvest is funded by the Hazel Ruby Foundation. Food from the program also provides food to 35 food pantries in Mon and Preston County.” He said the United Way of ...

Santa’s Secret Workshop

Santa’s elves were at Morgantown Mall in Westover Friday, helping youngsters to buy Christmas gifts for their family members. ReTails by M-SNAP invited children from kindergarten to fifth grade to take their quarters and dollars to its Santa’s Secret Workshop. Gift items were priced ...

Buck harvest drops more than 7% in 2023 season

SOUTH CHARELSTON — The West Virginia DNR reports the overall harvest during the two-week buck hunting season in West Virginia was down 7.5% from the 2022 harvest. West Virginia hunters killed 45,155 antlered deer during the season Nov. 20-Dec. 3. “The harvest during the 2023 traditional buck firearm season was expected to be lower than that of 2022,” said Paul Johansen, chief of the Wildlife Resources Section. “Average hard mast indices paired with bad weather during the opening few days of the buck firearms season probably hindered the success of many hunters this season. ...