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Today is Saturday, May 24, 2025 

The business director for the WV Secretary of State’s office discusses entrepreneurship opportunities in #YesWV…all aboard the Potomac Eagle for a scenic trip along the south branch of the Potomac River…and an associate professor at WVU is documenting the state’s garment history…on today’s daily304.

 

#1 – From WV SOS OFFICE – Join us for “Just Three Questions,” when West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner hosts Sarah Carey, the business division director for the Secretary of State’s office.

Secretary Warner and Director Carey discuss this year’s West Virginia Entrepreneurship Conference at Shepherd University, the resources of the West Virginia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and the innovative ways to do business with the West Virginia One Stop Business Center.

Watch now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=_lOMWaobDhMojejx&v=5rWzykwn2LU&feature=youtu.be

 

#2 – From WBOY-TV – The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad allowed 12 News to experience all of the magic behind its three-hour trough trip, which takes riders through the mountains of West Virginia to see eagles up close.

The route begins at the Romney train station and travels along an old, historic line that was originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

The ride travels along the south branch of the Potomac River, an area you can only travel through by canoe, kayak or train. Due to the area being fairly isolated, it’s an ideal spot for eagles to nest.

Learn more and book your train ride at potomaceagle.com.

Read more: https://www.wboy.com/wv-outdoors/how-you-can-spot-bald-eagles-on-the-potomac-eagle-scenic-railroad/

 

#3 – From WVU MAGAZINE – Katie Jones believes the garb of West Virginia’s ghosts can tell us how those people lived and who they wanted to be.

Jones is an associate professor at West Virginia University’s College of Creative Arts and Media and is coordinator for the School of Art and Design’s fashion design and merchandising program. She’s one year into a five-year USDA-funded research project to bring garment and textile collections statewide out of dark closets and into public view.

“We should be able to tell the story of how West Virginians have presented themselves to the world and how they’ve contributed to a fashion economy,” she said.

Jones wants to document collections including anything people put on their bodies, from accessories and workwear to special-occasion garments like wedding dresses. She has started “as local as we can get,” digitizing WVU’s own dress collection, which she estimates contains 3,000-5,000 pieces. 

Read more: https://magazine.wvu.edu/stories/2025/02/08/this-old-thing

 

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That’s all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.