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Spelter Deputy Fire Chief Shares Lifesaving Advice For Winter Safety
By Stephen Smoot Each season brings its own particular brand of emergency and winter is no different. The rate...
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Business of the Month: Harmer Funeral Home’s Journey From Antebellum Shinnston to the 21st Century to Serve As “The Family That Other Families Rely On”
By Stephen Smoot In 1852, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, the “peculiar” Virginia Military Institute professor with the “wonderful memory,” was...
Read moreStonewood CEOs Hear Presentation About a West Virginia Trailblazer in Environmental Issues
By Estella Farnsworth The Stonewood CEOS club met at the Congregational Missionary Church Annex on Nov 13 Members were welcomed...
Read moreSafe and reliable water for all
One of the most important laws ever enacted by the West Virginia Legislature is the Distressed and Failing Utilities Improvement...
Read moreCapito, Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Address Rising Rates of Antisemitism in K-12 Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 31 Republican colleagues in a letter – led by...
Read moreMANCHIN ANNOUNCES $150K FOR COMMUNITY TRAINING PROGRAM AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $150,000 from the U.S....
Read moreSOUTH HARRISON FFA THIRD STRAIGHT CHAMPION QUIZ BOWL TEAM
Members of the South Harrison FFA Chapter were named champions of the West Virginia Farm Bureau’s Quiz Bowl Competition held...
Read moreTREASURER MOORE ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM AT STATE DMV LOCATIONS
WHITE HALL, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore visited the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles Regional Office at White...
Read moreThe ‘Regula Bullata’
From L’Osservatore Romano In their essentiality, the Chapters of the Regula Bullata of Saint Francis of Assisi contain an abundant...
Read moreShinn’s Run CEOS: Holiday Heros
The Shinn’s Run CEOS (Community Educational Outreach Service) Club of Shinnston/Bridgeport just completed another successful year of philanthropy and community...
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