STAR CITY — A fundraiser benefiting one of Star City’s finest is poised to show that Star City takes care of their own. Following a breast cancer diagnosis, Star City Police Chief Jessica Colebank recently underwent surgery and is now beginning her road to recovery. Colebank ...
Summer is in full swing in the mountain region, and blooms that love the heat are leading the way. At the West Virginia Botanic Garden on Tyrone Road in Morgantown sunflowers, dahlias, sea holly and much more are in full bloom. Highlights this week include poppies, daylilies and ...
In the roller derby documentary “Minnesota Mean” from filmmaker Dawn Mikkelson, one of the women tells the camera that she always has loved sports, but she felt like sports for women were kind of the little sister versions of men’s sports. When she discovered roller derby, that was the first time she felt like she was playing a sport that was specifically for women. The sense of camaraderie is evident throughout the entirety of this documentary, which is available on Video on Demand. “Minnesota Mean” follows six women on a roller derby team as they ...
TUNNELTON — Work could begin on the Tunnelton underpass within a few weeks, according to Tunnelton water supervisor Bryan Moreland. Moreland said members of the Public Service Commission called him right before a town meeting to let him know they would be in Tunnelton at the underpass the next morning at 8 a.m. Moreland, councilwoman Sandra Spiker and Tunnelton resident Perry McAtee met at the site with CSX inspector Marc Ravpach and members of the West Virginia Public Service Commission. “He (Ravpach) gave us his card and assured us he would take ...
A West Virginia University-led effort is extending its reach to 11 Mountain State counties, providing more low-income pregnant women and families with children access to health care and life skills through the West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants — HAPI — project. In partnership with local organizations, the program serves communities with infant mortality rates at least 1.5 times the United States national average and with high percentages of other negative maternal and infant outcomes. The goal is to turn around those numbers by ...
West Virginia Caring is holding its 28th Annual Camp Caring Saturday at Chestnut Ridge Park, 10 miles east of Morgantown. Camp Caring is a free, one-day grief and loss camp for children and the adult in their life. Since 1996, West Virginia Caring has held a grief and loss camp to support children in West Virginia who has lost a loved one. It provides the child an opportunity to spend a day with other children who have also experienced the death of a loved one. This one-day camp is free and is open to ages 6–14. Campers discover that they can live ...
