Sweets of the East, West Virginia’s only home-grown rafting team, is headed for a national competition. Last winter, like every winter, most West Virginians spent their time inside, huddled up next to the ?re or in front of a TV. Or maybe, if they were ambitious, they bundled up and strapped on some skis or snowshoes. Meanwhile, in Fayette County,…
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Raines Interiors in South Hills offers vintage homegoods made new.
Black lung is still around and, in some cases, worse than ever. For a time, it seemed black lung was headed the way of smallpox and polio. When Congress passed the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, about 35 percent of coal miners with 25 or more years on the job were diagnosed with coal miners’ pneumoconiosis,…
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A WVU grad is rethinking the way wind turbines work. Imagine an oak tree up against hurricane-force winds. While it’s strong and sturdy, it’s also stiff and heavy, and powerful winds can knock it down. Now imagine a palm tree in a hurricane. Palm trees are light, flexible, and better able to move with the force of hurricane winds. This…
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Homer Hickam gives us a short tour of the Coalwood community. Coalwood isn’t much like the town immortalized in Homer Hickam’s books Rocket Boys, Sky of Stone, The Coalwood Way, and his latest, Carrying Albert Home. But there’s still plenty to see for fans of the beloved West Virginia author. Here, Hickam gives us a short tour. The Coalwood School “Although first…
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