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The West Virginia Humanities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded over $550,000 in American Rescue Plan Act Emergency Relief Grants to West Virginia cultural institutions to help ensure staff retention and program delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the 34 ARP grant recipients...

The WV Secretary of State’s Office announced a record-setting year for online filings and timely compliance with reporting deadlines by West Virginia businesses. The state’s increases in online options allow businesses to complete applications and filings quickly and accurately, allowing the companies to focus on business rather than paperwork. As...

Sprouting Farms Mobile Markets are in full swing! Sprouting Farms is bringing fresh produce from local farmers to a location near you. Monroe County Markets are every Wednesday at Lindside Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Greenville Farm Kitchen in the old Greenville High School Cafeteria from...

The Schoolhouse Hotel is thrilled to announce the newest member of our team, Executive Chef Adeyemi “Day Day” Allen. Chef Allen comes to White Sulphur Springs via the popular Ballantyne Luxury Hotel in Charlotte, NC, where he has served as the Executive Banquet Chef since 2018. Chef Allen is no...

UScellular customers in the greater Beckley area now have additional access to the company’s 5G network. New 5G equipment in Beckley, Hinton, Fayetteville, Lewisburg and Summersville, to Elkins and beyond offers additional coverage through West Virginia.  Beckley joins multiple communities like Beckley and Martinsburg. “UScellular customers in Beckley will have...

Stonerise, one of West Virginia’s leading providers of transitional and skilled nursing care, this week announced that 11 care centers received an overall rating of four or five stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare program in the most recent ratings released July 2021....

By Sarah Richardson Gov. Jim Justice has announced that West Virginians in need of materials for the upcoming school year will be able to save money this weekend during the state’s back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday. During the holiday, certain back-to-school items are exempt from sales tax, such as clothing, school...

The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office registered 1,347 new businesses statewide during the month of June 2021 according to Secretary of State Mac Warner. Pendleton County led the state in the percentage of new business registration growth for the month with a total of nine new businesses, a 1.97%...

Partners Clay Elkins, David Bostic and J.W. Groseclose invite community to become members of the Dry Creek Society. Big Draft Brewing, a new craft brewery in downtown White Sulphur Springs slated to open later this month, is pleased to introduce the Dry Creek Society. The Dry...

A nice group gathered to watch the ribbon cutting at Sassy Scissors on Monday, June 28, to mark the formal transition of the full-service cosmetology business from former owner Donna Sims to current owner Katie Piner. Sims, who has been serving her clients for 40 years, is retiring.  She opened...