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ELKINS – Mountain State Forest Festival officials have announced the kickoff of the annual Woodly the Elf poster contest for the 86th autumn celebration.
Preston High School students Gavin Miller (left) and Hayleigh Fullmer have fun while making buckwheat pancakes around the upper Rotunda, on Feb. 6, 2024, during Preston County Day at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston.
Preston High School students Gavin Miller (left) and Hayleigh Fullmer have fun while making buckwheat pancakes around the upper Rotunda, on Feb. 6, 2024, during Preston County Day at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston. They joined three other Preston County High School students at the Capitol Tuesday who are all part of the school s culinary art program. They were planning to serve 500 people and make over 1000 pancakes. Preston County is home to the annual Buckwheat Festival every fall. This year, the festival will be held from Sept. 26 - 29.
This year Yên Minh District has expanded the Fish Festival to a large scale, with a series of activities including a fish race, a competition catching fish by hand on the rice paddy fields, a fish roasting competition, and making sticky rice buns with fish dumplings.