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N.C. Artist Puts New Spin on Family's Legacy of Pottery

Historically, the Catawba River Valley in North Carolina is pottery country. The Reinhardt family worked here for generations, making utilitarian pots for…

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Students Raise $6K for New Therapy Dog

Last spring, children at the Mary C Snow Elementary school lost their therapy dog, Paca, when the dog's owner and handler moved to South Carolina. But…

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Researchers Want to Know If Service Dogs Can Help Veterans Return to Civilian Work

Can service dogs help veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder function in a civilian work environment? Researchers at West Virginia University…

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Paws4people Teaches Prisoners To Find Compassion and Tolerance

St. Mary's Correctional Center is one of five state prisons in West Virginia where inmates help train service dogs. The program is a partnership between…

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Therapy Dog Helps Encourage Charleston School Children to Read

Paca is an English Black Labrador who works with elementary school students at the Mary C. Snow School on Charleston's West Side.One of Paca's roles is to…

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