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Author Homer Hickam Jr. was born in Coalwood on February 19, 1943. After serving in Vietnam, he worked for NASA for 17 years as an aerospace engineer.…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAt this year's annual Rocket Boys Festival, a special PBS KIDS guest landed in Beckely to check out the activity. The Youth Museum of Southern West…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA former high school that was the Rocket Boys' alma mater is going to be torn down.McDowell County Schools Superintendent Nelson Spencer tells The…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEvery October, author and West Virginia native, Homer Hickam, makes a trip home to West Virginia for the annual Rocket Boys festival in Beckley…but he…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe annual Appalachian Heritage Festival in Shepherdstown continues this evening. The dance, art, and music filled weekend is a celebration of the…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, the 19th annual Appalachian Heritage Festival comes to Shepherd University. West Virginia native and author, Homer Hickam, is this year’s…
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