Ready for a barbecue road trip. Here are five places in West Virginia that are smokin’! 1.) Rollin’ Smoke in Big Chimney. Located in Big Chimney—and surprisingly not Kansas City—Rollin’ Smoke knows what southern BBQ is all about. Try the sampler platter and finish up with the mouth-watering peach cobbler. 2.) Dem 2 Bros in Charleston. There is a reason…
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A growing business on the outskirts of Greenbrier County offers fresh produce and opportunities for those recovering from addiction. Seven years after starting her side project, Fruits of Labor, Tammy Johnson had a choice: either stick with her day job as a USDA agricultural researcher or lean full-time into her burgeoning business. Johnson took the leap and decided to invest…
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A backyard hobby becomes booming business for these barbecue buffs. Serving up fall-off-the-bone, mouthwatering barbeque is just how Carl and Marsha Aplin roll. The couple built their first smoker from scratch on a flat-bed truck almost nine years ago, putting Carl’s years of Texas barbecuing experience to the test. “We kind of used our family and friends as guinea pigs…
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A converted schoolbus-turned-library will keep Randolph County kids reading all summer long. The little Randolph County town of Beverly doesn’t have a public library. During the school year, Beverly Elementary fills the gap, allowing students to check out books from the school library. But once summer starts, there’s nowhere for kids to get free books. So Lucy Godwin decided to…
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A Weston boutique highlights the work of local makers. Anna Cardelli planned to showcase the work of a few local artists when she opened Curated, her small boutique in downtown Weston, in October 2018. But within a few months, the store was filled with products from dozens of West Virginia artisans and producers. It has since become a favorite stop…
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