This Jackson County community has pride in spades–and parades. It’s a warm September morning and 50 people are gathered on the banks of Mill Creek near Ripley—high school students, kids from a local Christian camp, business owners, families, even the mayor. They wade knee-deep in the cool waters, digging out debris—old tires, tree limbs, bits of plastic—and stuff it into…
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Recent Stories from the Magazine
Publishing the Best
Local, award-winning publishing house shares its secret to success. After the West Virginia flood of 1985, Cathy Teets and her husband moved from newspaper publishing to book publishing, and in 1988 they started Headline Books in Terra Alta. The first book they published was A. James Manchin: A Biography of Controversy. Because it was published amid scandal over Manchin’s investments…
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Master Class
WVU offers online music lessons to students statewide. Aya Hobeika was nervous at first. Her posture was tense as she gripped her violin and glided her bow across the strings. Her focus had gravitated toward one thing: the person on the other side of her computer screen. Hobeika is one of dozens of West Virginia students who have participated in…
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Introduce the kids in your life to West Virginia’s most scenic and historic places with The Adventures of Berkeley the Bear. Written by Erin Sponaugle, a Martinsburg native and the state’s 2014 teacher of the year, this beautifully illustrated book follows Berkeley as he goes from a quiet life in the Monongahela National Forest to become the “state travel bear.” The…
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Fuel Up
The Guide Shack Cafe brings coffee and adventure to Harpers Ferry. Coffee was the drink that fueled Chris Price on his adventures in the Harpers Ferry area. But because of a lack of coffee shops in the historic town, Price was forced to hike to the nearest gas station to get more of that “magic bean,” as he refers to…
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