This story originally appeared in the August/September ’16 issue of Morgantown Magazine. Susanna Wheeler prefers not to divulge the location of her summer garden. She’ll admit it is planted on WVU property, but that is as much information as she’s comfortable giving out. “We don’t…
This story was originally published in the May/June 2015 issue of West Virginia Focus. When Sam Burdette first visited the Tri- State Greyhound Park in Cross Lanes in the mid-1980s, he didn’t even know how to read the program. The sheets of paper were filled with…
This story was original published in the March/April 2015 issue of West Virginia Focus magazine. In late October 2011, storm winds brought down trees all around James Ball’s home near Danville, making the road to his home impassable. It was a terrible time to have a…
This story was originally published in the March/April 2015 issue of West Virginia Focus magazine. Talking with Bill Cole, you get the sense he doesn’t use phrases like “over the moon” very often. But that’s how the baritone-voiced, serious-faced Senate President describes his frame of…
This story originally appeared in the Charleston Daily Mail on Aug. 28, 2012. FAIRVIEW, W.Va. – Kent Leonhardt wants you to make him the state’s next agriculture commissioner. He promises he’ll work hard to improve food safety and increase the number of farms in West…
This story was originally published May 23, 2012 in the Charleston Daily Mail. MINNEHAHA SPRINGS – High on a Pocahontas County ridge, a natural spring spits out 20 gallons of water each minute. It runs down the mountain through a mile of pipe, supplying water…