BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: BUCKHANNON, West Virginia When he is not wielding a camera on the sidelines of West Virginia Wesleyan College's athletic contests or crafting an endless stream of press releases, WVWC Sports Information Director Pete Galarneau '98 may just be working on an idea for his next novel. Two new books were published in time for the spooky season: "A Coupla' Cool Cars" and "The Trash Man and The Legend of  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University has announced a gift of $5 million from the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Charitable Foundation to support the Marshall For All program. The foundation was founded by Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer of Meta and founder of Lean In. "I am profoundly grateful to my friends Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal for their extraordinary generosity towards the Marshall For All prog  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Bug got snakebit, right on the muzzle. "He decided that he would play with a danger noodle," said caretaker Tara Pilonero, owner and operator of Stay a While Farm near Hinton, West Virginia. Bug, a 2-year-old miniature donkey who came across what was likely a copperhead, was brought to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus. Piloner  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- Teach For America issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Hazard, KY--Today, Teach For America Appalachia (TFA) was awarded $500,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for its new project, Strengthening the Talent Pipeline in Central Appalachia. The funding was made available through ARC's Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) which drives large-scale economic transformation through multi-state collaboration. Teach For Ameri  more