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West Virginia school health contest aims to encourage better eating
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Just in time for back-to-school season, West Virginia is launching a contest to help kids eat healthy. On Monday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced the “West Virginia Healthy Habits Schools Challenge.” Elementary school students can make a two-minute video of what’s being done to create healthy habits at their schools […]
Senior centers, providing in-home care to elderly, struggling amid West Virginia Medicaid troubles
Ebony Moore has been an in-home caregiver for elderly residents in Kanawha County for 17 years. It isn’t a job that pays a lot, she said, but for her, it has always been a passion. “It originated from me taking care of my family — my grandmother, my aunties,” said Moore, 48, who lives in […]
Artist Dimeji Onafuwa to hold exhibit at Concord University
ATHENS, W.Va. – Concord University will host an exhibit and lecture by Artist and Concord University Alum, Dr. Dimeji Onafuwa beginning later this month. Dr. Dimeji Onafuwa is a multifaceted Nigerian born artist. His expertise extends beyond the canvas. He is also an educator and UX leader. He holds a PHD in Transition Design from Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied design’s contribution to the new commons, a concept he terms as “recommoning.” He has been invited to deliver conference keynotes, participate in podcasts, and lead workshops worldwide. Topics he covers range from art and alternative economics to transition design, the pluriverse, the commons, allyship, and algorithmic bias.
Toll Brothers Sell Virginia Property After Data Center Makes an Offer ‘It Couldn’t Refuse’
The extra cash and a strong first quarter have prompted the luxury home building to raise its full-year earnings guidance to between $13.25 and $13.75 per diluted share. Toll Brothers, based in Fort Washington, recently made an unexpected sale of a parcel of land in Virginia in what it is calling a “one-off,” saying it was an offer “it couldn’t refuse,” writes Dan Brendel and Michael Potter for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Raleigh County woman charged after man allegedly pepper sprayed and hit with a bat
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A woman from Raleigh County is facing charges after she allegedly pepper sprayed and hit a man with a baseball bat. According to a release from the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday, August 12, 2024, deputies responding to a report of an assault at a home on Juniper Street in […]
‘It happened within minutes’: Family mourning loss of man who died days after being stung by a yellowjacket
BECKLEY, W. Va. (WVVA/Gray News) - A man in West Virginia died days after being stung by a yellow jacket, according to his family. Family members told WVVA that Ted Bolen was only known to have a mild allergy to bees. He’d been stung about a month earlier and only suffered a small reaction.
West Virginia high schools win appeal on sports reclassifications
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Eleven West Virginia high schools have won their appeals to return to their original classifications for West Virginia high school football. The eleven schools that appealed their new classifications were Frankfort, John Marshall, Oak Hil, Petersburg, Preston, Sissonville, Spring Valley, St. Albans, St. Marys, Tyler Consolidated and Wayne. With the […]
False fall mornings with warmer afternoons become the norm this week
Tuesday, a warm front towards the west follows the Jet Stream south through Tennessee proving a few more clouds than Monday. A stray light shower early on with high pressure working in for the afternoon to clear us out. Temps remain muted with northeast winds 1-5mph falling just below average in the upper 70s. The […]
Spinnaker Insurance proposes rate increase for approximately 20 West Virginia customers
The Spinnaker Insurance Company, last month, requested authorization from the office of the West Virginia Tax Commissioner to increase their customers’ liability rates by 21.99%. The increase would impact approximately 20 customers in West Virginia. As is required by code anytime an insurance provider wishes to raise their rates,...
SeaLand Encounters hosts educational Shark Show at State Fair of West Virginia
FAIRLEA, WV (WVNS) – Brave fairgoers got the chance to get up close and personal with some creatures from the deep. SeaLand Encounters is hosting a live Shark Show featuring two Nurse Sharks. All of the sharks they work with are raised in captivity, and some of them (like Rosita, who was rescued from living […]
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