Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDarin Virag, a fire and emergency management instructor at Putnam Career and Technical Center, earned West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s March 2025 Above and Beyond Award, which honors the excellence and creativity of Mountain State teachers.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMichelle Morgan, a music teacher at Nichols Elementary and Village of Barboursville Elementary, earned West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s November 2024 Above and Beyond Award, which honors the excellence and creativity of Mountain State teachers.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week on West Virginia Week we learn about improvements being made to the state’s correctional facilities. Also we learn about the issues of protecting endangered Appalachian salamanders.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn a workshop with so many vital pairs of hands, one pair touches most everything in the shop: the shop’s wood mold maker, Daniel Chapman.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, Blenko Glass has been making everything from stem and table ware to decorative glass figurines for more than a century and proposed federal protections for the spring salamander.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities are available at Blenko Glass in Milton, West Virginia through the Bureau for Family Assistance.
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