W.Va. To Host First Spartan Trifecta In U.S.
Some 8,000 athletes from around the world will converge on West Virginia next month for the first Spartan Trifecta World Championship to be held in the U.S.
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Festival Connects Community To Native Fruit
Sloping down from the WVU Coliseum to the banks of the Monongahela River, the university’s Core Arboretum comprises about 100 acres of woodland. A space on campus dedicated to trees, it's an ideal setting for the WVU PawPaw festival.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPaw Paws And Banned Books Week On This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, for the past several years, on a warm autumn afternoon at the end of September, the parking lot of West Virginia University’s Coliseum fills with visitors. But they don’t come to watch basketball. As Chris Schulz reports, they come out for the paw paw fruit.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSearching For The Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots
The pawpaw was important enough to the Shawnee people’s way of life that they even named a phase of the moon after it. Pawpaws were also important to the Choctaw nation. Hear how members of the Choctaw and Shawnee nations are reconnecting to their roots — and tracing their family’s stories back to Appalachia, and to pawpaws.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEdible Mountain - What Is A Paw Paw?
You may have heard of the Paw Paw, but how much do you really know about this mysterious Appalachian fruit? Learn about the Paw Paw from WVU Core Arboretum Director Zack Fowler!
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Once a Foodie Fruit, Could Pawpaws Have Economic Impact in Appalachia?
Those who’ve eaten a pawpaw before often say that the creamy, tropical fruit resembles a mix of a mango and a banana, or a mango and an avocado. They…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPaw Paw Takes Preventative Measures With Water
Verso Corp. says the chemical that spilled into the Potomac River last week at its Maryland paper mill was a synthetic form of latex, posing no allergy…
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