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…
... to Johni Alexander, a senior flutist from Buffalo High School, who received honorable mention in the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s Andrew and Amy Vaughan Fellowship Program for 2019. Alexander is a member of Buffalo High School concert and marching bands and served as field commande…
This season, freshman Abby Darney has made the most of her opportunities at the varsity level for the Buffalo girls basketball team, ranking as the team’s leading scorer.
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.
If you have visited Germany, you are probably familiar with Brotchen, a small, hard roll that is traditionally served at breakfast.
Post-holidays, wintertime can be bleak. Dreary. Desolate. Frozen. Forlorn.
Hurricane basketball player Grant Young lists low among the team’s scoring leaders, but he shines as one of the Redskins’ highest-producing players.
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.
A theme for this year’s Black History Month (Feb. 1-28) is Black Migrations.
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West Virginia’s trout stocking season is now underway, giving anglers and their families several opportunities to enjoy the outdoor pastime.
It was the night of the “iguana” for one well-versed-in-vocabulary Putnam County scholar on Thursday, Jan. 17.
Free housing rehabilitation assistance is coming to Hurricane this summer, and City of Hurricane Marketing and Development Manager Amanda Ramey notified Putnam Review recently that applications are being accepted by the City of Hurricane to provide the volunteer help.
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.
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The American Legion James E. Marshall Post 187 will present a Four Chaplains Memorial Service at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Winfield Presbyterian Church, Ferry Street, Winfield.
The roar and excitement of the monster trucks returns to Charleston early next month as the Monster Jam circuit returns to the capital city.
It will be an occasion to smile widely about when the Kanawha Valley Dental Society sponsors the 17th annual Give Kids A Smile Day event early next month.
We encourage individuals, particularly those of college age, who are interested in making an impact in the lives of children (plus some money over the summer, too) to participate in an annual state program later this year.
Hands down, the Nothing But Pampered nail salon and full-service day spa in Scott Depot is a luxurious — and convenient — choice to feel and look one’s best and feel one’s most refreshed and revitalized — and most beautiful.
