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Ranson Updates Zoning Map

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Observer Weekly — May 28, 2026

Ranson Changes Boundaries And Updates Zoning Map

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Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities

West Virginia Humanities Council Suspends All Grants

April 24, 2025 Tagged With: Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities, Contemporary American Theater Festival, freedom rallies, Jefferson County Museum, Shepherd University, WV Humanities Council

humanities council 2024 grants graphic (state map)

The West Virginia Humanities Council announced that it has paused all its grants, effective immediately.  Read the Full Story >>

Appalachian Heritage Festival at Shepherd University

September 1, 2022 Tagged With: Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Project, Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities, In Print Sep 2022, Shepherd University

band - The State Birds

“Celebrating Women’s Voices in Appalachia” is the theme of the 2022 Appalachian Heritage Festival (Sep 25) on the Shepherd University campus. Read the Full Story >>

Building Character, Mending Fences

September 1, 2022 Tagged With: Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities, In Print Sep 2022, MIddleway Day Festival, Shepherd University

Air Force Junior ROTC painting fence

The white picket fence will look good for Middleway Days on October 8 2022, thanks to the volunteer efforts of the cadets of the Jefferson HS Air Force Junior ROTC program. Read the Full Story >>

Anthology of Appalachian Writers — JUL 18

June 1, 2021 Tagged With: book reading, Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities, Four Seasons Books, Shepherd University events

Shepherd University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities is holding a reading of several works published in the 2021 “Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Dorothy Allison, Volume XIII.” Read the Full Story >>

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