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 NewsNewspaperman Jack Maurice died in Charleston on December 20, 1999, at age 86. Maurice was born in 1913 in the McDowell County coal town of Vivian. During…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOver the past century, Charleston’s two newspapers brought down corrupt politicians, exposed injustice, and served as West Virginia’s first draft of…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLibertarian candidate, Davy Jones, is running for the 2nd Congressional District seat against Rebublican Alex Mooney, Democrat Nick Casey, and Independent…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe West Virginia Board of Education is waiting for the governor to fill a seat that's been vacant for more than a year. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's…
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