The founders of Spring Gap Mountain Creamery escaped city life to find a tasty gourmet niche. When Penelope Sagawa and Jurgen Schelzig began making raw milk cheese back in 2009, they had no idea “raw milk” would become a hot topic in West Virginia seven years later. They couldn’t know that raw milk, which some claim is healthier than pasteurized…
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Recent Stories from the Magazine
Underground Cinema
The success of a tiny subterranean theater in Buckhannon has inspired another in Charleston. When potter Kate Harward moved to Belington 40 years ago from Washington, D.C., she missed being able to see hard-hitting independent, documentary, and international films. She began traveling to events such as the Toronto International Film Festival in order to indulge her habit. Then the Lascaux…
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Our Eyes in the Sky
From an unassuming office in a tiny West Virginia town, SkyTruth helps us watch what’s happening in the places we want to protect, all around the world. When the Pacific island nation of Kiribati banned commercial fishing from a vast rectangle of its ocean territory as of January 1, 2015, ships cleared out—all except for a few. The captain of…
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Small Lakes, Big Fishing
Throughout the 20th century,the U.S. government spent lots of money building dams across the state. Although they were intended to control flooding, these projects came with an awesome side effect—impoundment lakes for swimming, boating, and some seriously good fishing. Here’s a look at five little lakes that are hotspots for anglers. Burnsville Lake A 970-acre impoundment just off Interstate 79…
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154 Reasons to Love WV
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