More than 16,000 people voted in our unprecedented Turn This Town Around campaign. Meet the winners! In January, we announced a monumental campaign called Turn This Town Around. Why would we do such a thing? Because we believe our publications are more than just magazines—they are community builders. The future of our state depends on being able to create sustainable…
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Meet the eight towns competing in our monumental Turn This Town Around campaign—a historic partnership between West Virginia Focus, the West Virginia Community Development Hub, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Have you ever driven through a town where once majestic buildings stand as bruised and battered stewards and thought, “What would it take to turn this town around?” Well,…
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The balance of West Virginia’s population has been drifting northward since the 1950s. Political power seems to be moving now, too. Should our southern counties be worried? Enticing teachers to move to economically depressed areas across the U.S. isn’t easy, but in McDowell County, one group hopes that’s about to change for their local schools. Reconnecting McDowell is changing the…
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The balance of West Virginia’s population has been drifting northward since the 1950s. Political power seems to be moving now, too. Should our southern counties be worried? When Harrison County Delegate Tim Miley took oath in June 2013 as speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, a remarkable thing went relatively unnoticed. For the first time in 100 years,…
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A local attorney gives back where it counts. In the small city of Hinton along the New River, life is peaceful. Neighbors wave hello, and business owners are happy to lend a helping hand. Attorney David Ziegler made the quiet Summers County community home in the 1970s. For more than 40 years, David has been a local leader. In late…
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