Green beans are a delicious reminder of summer’s bountiful harvest. Our small crop yields enough green beans to eat fresh and preserve. I usually can several quarts that I will later fix in the traditional Appalachian manner with bacon and onions. I make a small batch of pickled beans and th…
Last year, my cousin Lois Ann asked me multiple times to attend her wedding. Because she and I reconnected last year when my mother’s health began to fail, I wanted very much to be at the ceremony. And yet, getting there seemed impossible.
This is my annual public service announcement. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day.
Dunbar Therapy Center has relocated to new business quarters at 1145 Dunbar Ave. in Dunbar, next to Dunbar Furniture Mart.
Something old on the West Side is all new again, ushering in welcome relief, modern services and coveted convenience to the Kanawha Valley community this winter -- and all of the seasons afterward.
Sweet, soulful and savory, the annual Heart & Soul Dip Dinner benefit feast will be served up for the 13th year to eager East End eaters, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Charleston Family Resource Center in the Ruffner Neighborhood Center on Charleston’s East End.
Four area artists shared their creative talents — and personal travails and triumphs in their lives — at a lunchtime concert at the Arc of the Three Rivers Center on Charleston’s West Side on Thursday, Feb. 7.
Area residents are invited to a coffee klatsch to have a cup (or two) of coffee and some casual conversation with a cop, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Sam Bowling Conference Center at City National Bank in Kanawha City.
If you have visited Germany, you are probably familiar with Brotchen, a small, hard roll that is traditionally served at breakfast.
A few weeks ago, one of my husband’s dreams came true. You see, Tony’s favorite movie ever is “The Replacements,” a film about a fictional professional football league experiencing a players’ strike. The movie was released in 2000, just three years after an actual NFL players’ strike.
Computer enthusiasts — of across-the-board skill levels and age groups — are invited to spread some free “Raspberry Jam” know-how — and gain information and insight — early next month at BridgeValley Community and Technical College.
A theme for this year’s Black History Month (Feb. 1-28) is Black Migrations.
Wearing bright red attire (and lots of bright smiles), several local volunteers represented the national WomenHeart coalition in the CAMC Memorial lobby in Kanawha City on Friday, Feb. 1.
West Virginia’s trout stocking season is now underway, giving anglers and their families several opportunities to enjoy the outdoor pastime.
Kristopher Corbett, Riverside High School’s new assistant principal, has a wealth of real-world experience on land and sea — and a local pedagogical pedigree — to incorporate into his administrative role when the school bell rings at the Belle school each day.
Through March 26, a support group for families — especially those dealing with addiction and recovery — is meeting on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Sissonville Health Center, 6135 Sissonville Drive, Sissonville.
I often crave a salad in the winter, but I don’t always have lettuce or other greens on hand.
Are you ready for some football? I mean, some snacks for the big football game?
This Saturday is probably one of the oddest holidays celebrated in North America: Groundhog Day. The day we forego our technology and science and ask an overweight rodent for the long-term weather forecast.
