Video: Remembering 2018

Brian Bergstrom

January 2, 2019

Community Bulletin

Women's health care is available close to home at four central West Virginia clinics through Vandalia Health — the not-for-profit founded by the Davis family more than a century ago, whose Foundation still funds local scholarships and programs. Read more →

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My Buckhannon produced this short video of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in 2018. What will the new year hold?

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