Beckley’s Blue Magnolia offers home decor and VIP fashion. Dana Blankenship operated Chateaux Interiors, her Beckley-based interior design firm, for 15 years. But when a downturn in the coal mining industry caused the business to start slipping, the energetic entrepreneur decided to try something different. She opened Blue Magnolia about two years ago, in the same building where her interior…
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Recent Stories from the Magazine
Investing in Excellence
Leidos’ building now in development anchors Morgantown’s position in the company as a software center of excellence. Leidos is not a household name. But as an international provider of computer-based services to government agencies, it’s well-known in the tech industry, including along the I-79 Technology Corridor in the northern part of the state. Over the past two decades, Leidos has…
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This Old House
A restored Mannington B&B celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Gloria Cunningham always liked old homes. On work trips, she’d stay in bed and breakfasts, admiring the charm of the old structures and the hospitality she’d wake up to each morning. So when a friend mentioned that an old, empty house was for sale in Mannington, she went to take…
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Color Inside the (State) Lines
A new coloring book features West Virginia’s most iconic critters, people, and places. There’s never a lack of color in West Virginia, but Josh Miller wants to add a little bit more. With your help. His coloring book, West Virginia: Coloring the Mountain State, features state symbols like the cardinal and black bear, iconic landmarks like Seneca Rocks and the…
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Local Color, Concentrated
A Morgantown artisan opens a brick-and-mortar boutique to showcase regional talent. When Stephanie Swaim moved to Morgantown a decade ago, she couldn’t find the type of shops she remembered from her hometown of Winchester, Virginia. “There are these little stores that feature local artists and items,” she says. “A place for them to be besides just their Etsy accounts or…
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