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You can help 3 historic nonprofit organizations raise funding needed to host one-year Preserve WV AmeriCorps members.  Through this program, Preserve WV AmeriCorps members manage volunteers for their sites...

There is a constant murmur among the leaders of West Virginia bemoaning the outward migration of our state’s young talent.  While our economy suffers, our brightest students look for work in Pittsburgh, DC,...

Chasing The Powhatan Arrow Find other articles in this series here Bluefield, Virginia wasn’t much different from Bluefield, West Virginia, seemingly more of a continuation of the same strip of aged...

Chasing The Powhatan Arrow Firefighter Davina Clayton Risks Her Life to Save Others Other stories in the series can be found here “You have to have some ability to take risks. You have to take risks...

The 29-room Henderson Hall mansion, located at Williamstown, sits on a terrace overlooking the Ohio River. The house, completed in 1859 by G. W. Henderson, counts among its many visitors the likes of John...

Mayor Tom Cole discusses his city in decline. A MUTUAL FRIEND put me in touch with Bluefield’s Mayor Thomas Cole, whom I met in a new restaurant he owned in downtown Bluefield, a block or so from the NS...

History helps us learn more about who we are. When we do not know our own history, however, our power and dreams can be hindered. The contributions and accomplishments of women have often been overlooked and...

Brenda Smith, a counselor at Westside High School in Wyoming County, has been working with students for more than 30 years. Her experience has taught her that when students feel like they are part of something...

With one in every twelve jobs in WV are employed in the nonprofit sector and philanthropy collectively investing more than $60 million a year in our communities, the impact of both the nonprofit and...

I see chipped paint, disappearing resources and businesses closing their doors. I can remember a time when I would have to weave through foot traffic while walking along Queen Street. I could easily find a...