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Young visitors get acquainted with W.Va. culture, history and ecologyThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:56PM“I’m completely new to all this. Every night I sit on the loading dock behind the Glen Jean armory and watch the sun set over the mountains,” says Ryan Rodriguez of Miami, Fla. “You don’t see mountains like this where I come from. The highest down there is a 200-foot hill. Plus it’s so cool up here; it feels like I’m on vacation.”

Boy Scout volunteers cut their own trailsWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 10:59PMGLEN JEAN, W.Va.-- Boy Scouts from around the country are working in the New River Gorge this month to turn dense woods into public hiking and biking trails. Its not easy work. Without a power tool or a two-stroke engine in sight, volunteers u...

Culture Center to mark 35-year anniversarySaturday, July 2, 2011 @ 10:46PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- What cost $14 million, took 460 tons of limestone and 1,000 tons of structural steel to build and was nicknamed "Archies Bunker". You would get credit if you answered the Science and Cultural Center, although its now k...

West Shore: ExcursionsThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 12:11PMJuly 23: Whitewater rafting, Karen Kellenberger at 717-783-6783, State Employees Recreation Association, www.seraofpa.com.

NASS Conference Coming to DanielsThursday, June 23, 2011 @ 4:26PMDANIELS, W.Va. (AP) -- Secretaries of state from across the nation are coming to West Virginia next month. The National Association of Secretaries of State will hold its summer conference at The Resort

Secretaries of state to meet in W.Va.Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 3:30PMDANIELS, W.Va.-- Secretaries of state from across the nation are coming to West Virginia next month. The National Association of Secretaries of State will hold its summer conference at The Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels from July 10 to 13. The conf...

West Shore: ExcursionsThursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:11AMJuly 23: Whitewater rafting, Karen Kellenberger at 717-783-6783, State Employees Recreation Association, www.seraofpa.com.

Bus tripsThursday, June 23, 2011 @ 10:26AMNov. 14-16: Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino, optional day trip to Mystic Seaport/Aquarium, Pennsylvania Association of Retired State Employees, Jan at 717-763-5515 or Karen at 717-763-2088.

Secretaries of state to meet at Glade SpringsThursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:05AMDANIELS, W.Va. - Secretaries of state from across the nation are coming to West Virginia next month. The National Association of Secretaries of State will hold its summer conference at The Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels from July 10 to 13. The confer...