By FAITH ABDULLAHFor the Dominion Post According to recent health data, West Virginia ranks 46th among states in overall health. These numbers reflect the state’s health challenges with chronic illness, including heart and kidney diseases. With high mortality rates affecting the ...
Saturday afternoon at the WVU Core Arboretum, leaves of orange and brown crunched underfoot, and the scent of fried dough carried on a warm, slightly overcast breeze — a clear sign that fall is on its way. Hundreds of people lined up, stretching all the way to the arboretum’s parking lot. ...
The pawpaw fruit. Green, pear-shaped, backed by a natural history of tens of millions of years and the largest native fruit in West Virginia. Some folks find it to have a smooth, tropical taste reminiscent of banana, mango or pineapple, but attendees of Saturday's seventh annual West ...
Down a winding country road in Brookhaven, nestled among trees dappled orange-red-brown, Mayfield Farm has been hard at work preparing for its second Fall Fest. This Sunday, join the organic homestead in celebrating the dawn of another uniquely wild and wonderful fall in West ...
Julia Phillips can remember the Buckwheat Festival days of her childhood spent looking up to Queen Ceres, but never imagined herself standing in the queen's place, waving to a crowd of starry-eyed youth from a purple, silver and gold parade float. This week, years later, that’s exactly ...
Ella Seese grew up as one of five princesses in her family. That is, she and her four sisters have served on the Preston County Buckwheat Festival's children's court, reigned as junior and senior princesses alike, and now, Seese will serve as the First Maid of Honor to Queen Ceres ...