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Shepherd University Breaks Ground For Multi-Purpose Facility

County Commission Plans To Finance New HQ With $16 Million Bond

AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Hit Jefferson County

County Commission Seeks Impact Fees To Help Cover Costs of New Offices

West Virginia Humanities Council Suspends All Grants

Birdhill Subdivison Stormwater Management Plan Reviewed by WV DEP

WVU Medicine Will Invest In Berkeley and Jefferson Counties

Sidewinder Files Lawsuit Against Jefferson County Planning Commission

Mobile Food Pantry Serves Growing Need In WV’s Eastern Panhandle

Data Center Microgrid Bill Passes WV House & Senate, To Governor For Signature

Senate Passes Data Center Bill After Changing Tax Distribution Formula

Data Center Tax: Local Share Set By Senate Committee

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West Virginia Humanities Council Suspends All Grants

April 24, 2025 Tagged With: Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities, Contemporary American Theater Festival, DOGE, 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: Anthology of Appalachian Writers, 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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