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–A well known Charleston developers is facing prison time for bankruptcy fraud
–A three judge panels removes two members of the Jefferson County Commission from office
–The anticipated special session this month may or may not happen
–In Sports: WVU Basketball gets a guard from the portal and Mountaineer Golf is headed to the NCAA tourney
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Colleges and universities are traditional centers of intellectual rigor, fountains of diverse opinions and laboratories for ideas. They should be safe spaces for open minds and healthy debate. But as we have seen in recent weeks, the aspirational mission is clouded by blatant anti-Semitism, violence and cowering college administrations.
All public universities are subject to the First Amendment to the Constitution. (In some instances, private colleges have their own speech guidelines that follow the First Amendment.) The First Amendment protects speech from government interference, and it is interpreted broadly to protect unpopular and hateful speech.
However, that does not mean university leaders’ hands are tied when campus speech is repugnant. College presidents can, and should, respond forcefully to speech that may have a harmful effect. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik failed to do that when pressed during a Congressional hearing on whether she believed “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” was an anti-Semitic phrase. (Hint: It is)
She said it was “hurtful” and she would “prefer” not to hear it on campus. Talk about lame. She should have said that any speech that advocates for the destruction of Israel and targets Jews is antithetical to the principles of the University and must be rejected in the strongest terms.
And, she could have added, that goes for any speech that targets a specific group or promotes violence. If a white supremacist spoke on campus and advocated for “sending blacks back to Africa,” it would be the responsibility of the college leaders to counter that with a forceful and unequivocal response.
That is not only the right thing morally, but it is also a legal obligation.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal money. According to the Anti-Defamation League, “Harassment that creates a hostile environment for individuals with a shared ancestry, such as Jewish students, can be a form of national origin discrimination. A college or university’s failure to address harassment that creates a hostile environment may be a violation of Title VI.”
But too often college leaders have hidden behind the convenient catch-all of “academic freedom.”
Academic freedom pertains to the right of professors and students to pursue knowledge without unreasonable interference. Think of a class where the teacher and students have rigorous debate about all aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That has value, and it’s a far cry from chanting “From the river to the sea,” while camped out on the campus green or storming and vandalizing a college building.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams blamed “outside agitators” for making matters worse at Columbia University. Fair enough. Professional protestors know how to take advantage of a situation and mobilize a mob. However, students who aligned themselves with bigots and vandals also bear responsibility, along with college administrators with their weak response to law breaking and hate-filled speech.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Darian DeVries’ initial roster at WVU continues to take shape and it appears that the first-year head coach has landed one of the top point guards in the transfer portal. Jon Rothstein reported Thursday evening that former Oklahoma State guard Javon Small has verbally committed to join the Mountaineers.
Oklahoma State transfer Javon Small tells me that he has committed to West Virginia.
Averaged 15.1 PPG, 4.7 RPG, and 4.1 APG last season.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 2, 2024
Small averaged 15.1 points per game last season for the Cowboys. He is a 6-foot-3, 195-pound guard and a native of South Bend, Indiana. Small played two seasons at East Carolina before making the move to Stillwater. In his junior season at OSU, Small dished out a team-best 127 assists. He also led the Cowboys in minutes per game (33), 3-point field goals (61) and free throw percentage (86.6).
In his lone matchup against WVU this past season on January 27, Small recorded a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Small joins Drake transfer Tucker DeVries, Illinois transfers Amani Hansberry and Sincere Fields, UIC transfer Toby Okani, incoming freshman KJ Tenner and returning players Ofri Naveh and Aden Tagaloa-Nelson on the 2024-2025 roster.
Small played for new WVU Director of Player Personnel/Recruiting Nelson Hernandez at Oklahoma State.
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ELKVIEW, W.Va. — Herbert Hoover’s Laila Varney has been one of the more productive pitchers in West Virginia throughout the 2024 season, evidenced by the 10 shutouts the Class AA No. 1 Huskies had ahead of Wednesday’s winner’s bracket matchup with No. 6 Roane County in Region II, Section 2 play.
The Huskies, and more specifically Varney, were intent on adding to that total against the Raiders, and did just that, with the senior throwing six innings of no-hit ball and creating an easy day on her defense by striking out 15 to lead Herbert Hoover to a commanding 8-0 win.
“She throws hard for one, and then she spins on both sides of the plate,” Huskies’ head coach Missy Smith said. “You can never look at it like she’s more effective on the inside, so we’re going to jump on that or she’s more effective on the outside, so we’re going to look for that. She spins on both sides of the plate, which makes it harder for her to be hit.”
With the result, the Huskies (23-2) are in the driver’s seat of the sectional at 2-0 in the postseason, and need just one win before two losses to advance to regional play. They can clinch a sectional championship Thursday night against the winner of Roane County-Lewis County — an elimination matchup that comes first at HHHS.
Varney was locked in from the start in what marked the Huskies’ second 8-0 victory against RCHS this season.
She struck out the first two batters and retired the side in order in the first, then struck out the side in the second before her team went on top for good.
The first two batters reached on an error and walk, respectively, in the home half of the second, and it would prove costly for the Raiders (20-3).
After a successful sacrifice bunt, Ayva Veltri brought in the game’s first run with a sacrifice fly to center.
Jaylee Carper followed with a double to center that scored Addi Chapman and left the visitors facing a two-run deficit.
“It doesn’t matter who gets the hit. When we score the run, it goes on the scoreboard under Hoover and not under somebody’s name,” Smith said. “Our dugout is great all the time and they’re involved. In order for us to be successful, all 16 have to contribute and right now they are.”
Roane generated its first baserunner with one out in the third when Joscelyn Cox drew a base-on-balls, but Varney followed with consecutive strikeouts to give her eight through three frames.
Raiders’ pitcher Mahailey Nicholson retired the Huskies in order in the home half of the third, but Hoover took complete control during its next at bat.
Lexi Kennedy led off with a double to left, and two batters later, Bella Haas sent a ground ball to second that allowed courtesy runner Liz Turner to score her team’s third run. An error — one of the Raiders’ six in the contest — allowed Veltri to score with two outs in the third as the Huskies upped their advantage to 4-0.
That was more than enough support for Varney, but the Huskies added more for good measure. They scored once in the fifth on Kennedy’s groundout to first, which allowed Hannah Shamblin to touch the plate after she’d walked and moved to third on Varney’s double, which trickled off the third base bag.
“Our girls are unselfish, which as a coach, it makes me so happy that they’re willing to put down a bunt or lift a fly to move a runner around and they understand it’s just as important as a base hit,” Smith said. “We have faith in everybody in our lineup and even if we move a runner to third base with two outs, we believe the next hitter up can get her in. That was definitely on display tonight and it has been the last couple games. I hope it continues, because we’re in the right mindset for that.”
Varney struck out the side in the sixth and wouldn’t need to pitch the seventh as Hoover scored three times when it came to bat that inning to end the game early on the eight-run mercy rule.
“Too many errors, we didn’t hit the ball and everything went bad,” Roane County head coach Sam Salvucci said. “They were clearly the better team tonight.”
Hass worked a walk to start the inning and Veltri followed with a single, with an error later during that play allowing Hass to come all the way around from first.
Sadi Wehrle drove in the seventh run and scored the final run on a wild pitch with two outs.
Veltri had two of her team’s five hits and the Huskies also drew five walks.
The Raiders had three batters reach — one by walk, one on an error and the other on a hit by pitch.
Nicholson struck out a pair in the loss.
“It’s hard when you have to get five outs to get out of an inning,” Salvucci said. “We made six or seven errors tonight and you can’t play softball like that. We’re better than that.”
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Two Jefferson County commissioners were removed from office today based on their refusal to attend meetings and conduct the business of the county.
One, Tricia Jackson, is a statewide candidate for auditor. The other is Jennifer Krouse. The two were removed by a three-judge panel.
“I am working with my attorney and plan to file an immediate appeal. In the meantime, my focus turns fully toward the May 14th primary,” Jackson said in an email to MetroNews.
Other candidates in the statewide Republican primary for auditor include state Senator Mark Hunt of Charleston, House Majority Leader Eric Householder of Martinsburg and former Delegate Caleb Hanna, now of Charleston. The only Democratic candidate is Mary Ann Claytor of St. Albans.
Jackson and Krouse were accused of failing in their duty to perform their duties by willfully refusing to attend commission meetings, starting last September. Moreover, they repeatedly refused to meet and help select a fifth commissioner who would fill a vacancy.
Local officials contended that being unable to get a quorum resulted in real-life consequences including failure to hire and promote essential county employees, failing to approve contracts including a security contract for the county’s computer software, failure to release bonds or letters of credit, failure to approve grant applications and more.
“The court FINDS that the allegations of the Removal Petition of either official misconduct and/or neglect of duty have been proven by clear and convincing evidence and are sufficient to warrant the removal of the Respondent Commissioners from office,” wrote judges Joseph Reeder, Perri Jo DeChristopher and Jason Wharton.
The two commissioners continued to accept pay for their elected positions, despite not participating in the work of the county over a period of weeks.
The filing to remove Krouse and Jackson was made last November. Hearings were in late March.
The three-judge panel agreed that the evidence was enough to conclude the two commissioners should be removed from office.
“This court therefore FINDS the Respondents willfully ignored this duty, prioritized their own agendas over the needs of the citizens of Jefferson County, and weaponized their deliberate and intentional refusal to attend meetings and appoint a Fifth Commissioner in order for the Respondents to advance their own agenda,” the three-judge panel wrote.
The conflict dates back to the resignation of Commissioner Clare Ath, effective last June 16. That left four members.
An initial attempt for the remaining commissioners to choose a fifth resulted in a split on June 23. Of five potential nominees, Krouse and Jackson favored Isabel Simon. The other two commissioners favored Matthew McKinney.
The tie meant the matter was referred to the Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee to choose three possibilities and present them to the commission.
Once the three candidates were presented to the commission, an argument about eligibility broke out during an August 17 meeting. Krouse and Jackson then refused to participate if the selection process continued.
Krouse posted on her Facebook page that evening that the Republican committee had not provided “three actual conservatives for the Commission to review. Unfortunately, far too many of the elected ‘Republicans’ in West Virginia seem to be either incompetent, self-interested, closeted liberals, or some combination thereof.”
After that, Jackson and Krouse posted statements to their Facebook pages to say they are protesting the meetings by denying a quorum.
“I want to move forward with county business, but I won’t proceed with this appointment the way things currently stand,” Krouse wrote on social media.
Similarly, Jackson posted last year that the commission should meet on basic governance matters without taking up the issue of the fifth commissioner, questioning whether the local Republican committee followed a legal procedure when it came up with its candidates list.
“We feel strongly that the Jefferson County Commission should not discuss filling the Charles Town Commission seat until the current legal matter is decided by the court. We don’t want to vote on candidates who may be invalidated by a court decision,” Jackson wrote on Facebook.
The two finally agreed to participate in a meeting and fill the vacancy late last November after a local business filed cause and a judge ordered the commissioners to get to work. The commissioner finally chosen was Pasha Majdi, a Harpers Ferry resident who calls himself a “freedom-loving conservative conservationist.”
At their removal hearing before the three-judge panel last month, attorney Traci Wiley argued the two were not guilty of misconduct. Wiley also blamed Jefferson County Commission President Steve Stolipher for continually leaving the item on the county commission agenda that Krouse and Jackson refused to attend meetings over. Wiley called the whole process a “legal impossibility.”
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GLEN DALE, W.Va. — A pair of three-run innings and a strong performance from senior pitcher Micah Wilson have propelled Morgantown into prime position to reach the regional round. The Mohigans (18-7) defeated John Marshall, 8-3 in the winners bracket final of the Class AAA Region I, Section 1 tournament.
Morgantown jumped on the scoreboard just five batters into the game when Madison Wisman hit a three-run home run to left center field, giving MHS a lead they would never relinquish.
“It was huge,” said Morgantown head coach Lorri Lipscomb. “That kind of sets the tone and gives the confidence that you need. Our bats have been strong the last few games. It is carrying over. That confidence is contagious.”
The Monarchs answered back with a run in the third inning. Kaylee White’s run-scoring double sent Ava Blake to the plate, making the score 3-1.
However, the Mohigans posted their second three-run inning in the fourth. A fielders choice RBI from Anne Robinson was followed by a two-run single by Emily Peterson. MHS scored twice more in the sixth to take an 8-1 lead.
A two-run homer off the bat of Carlee Yoho pulled the Monarchs within five runs in the sixth inning. However, Wilson retired six of the final seven batters she faced to finish off a complete game victory. Wilson allowed five hits, two earned runs and she struck out six batters.
“She was confident. She was hitting some good spots. Her defense behind her really kind of gives her that boost that she needs. She hasn’t really pitched a complete game since we were down in Myrtle because she has had an arm injury. So it is nice to see her working her way back into the rotation.”
Morgantown defeated John Marshall in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference 5A Championship game on Friday.
John Marshall (21-7), the defending state champions, will now host Wheeling Park in an elimination game. The winner of Thursday’s game must later defeat Morgantown twice to win the sectional tournament.
“This is one of the toughest sections in the state. To be sitting in the winners position, that’s a first for us. We are going to take advantage of it and keep grinding it out.”
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Gov. Jim Justice still plans to call legislators in for special session, but it’s still not clear when that will be or what the agenda might include.
Justice has consistently said he wants lawmakers to return for higher funding of state human services programs. And lawmakers have priorities to set for surplus spending that was left undetermined at the end of the regular session. More issues could include state support for child care.
But all that still seems up in the air.
At one point Justice had expressed urgency to settle some lingering financial issues in April. Then there was more serious discussion of aligning a special session with legislative interim meetings already scheduled for May 19-21.
Larry Pack, the state revenue secretary and senior adviser to the governor, could only say today that he anticipates a special session before the end of the fiscal year, June 30.
“We hope to be able to have the special session in May when interims are in, but there’s a good possibility that it may be pushed off a week or two. But we absolutely — everybody’s working together with the understanding that we’ll get this done well before June 30,” Pack said on MetroNews’ “Talkline.”
The big issue is West Virginia’s level of human services funding. Justice, last month, referred to “a dog’s mess” — saying a budget that passed during the regular legislative session left human services funding far short of where it needs to be.
Yet lawmakers last month focused time and questions on whether West Virginia in recent years spent millions of dollars less than was allocated for waiver programs meant to support people with disabilities, instead shifting dollars to expenses like covid-19 testing or contract nursing. Those questions remain as some lawmakers continue to assess what level of funding is appropriate.
A second financial matter for lawmakers to resolve is surplus spending priorities. The regular session ended with passage of “a skinny budget” that left many surplus spending possibilities undone because of other uncertainties.
One of the big questions was whether West Virginia would be on the hook for millions of dollars of federal covid relief for school systems. Within the past couple of weeks, though, federal officials gave official word that West Virginia has been approved for a waiver by showing good-faith financial support for education.
Searching for special session specifics
Even though weeks have passed, representatives of the executive branch and lawmakers are still working on agreements for some of those priorities. They don’t want to enter special session with uncertainty lingering, opening potential to drag on and on.
Pack said $500 million to $600 million in surplus spending has yet to be allocated. There’s also an amount of about $300 million that could still be considered for general revenue spending for the coming fiscal year.
“So we have a lot of work to do to determine how we’re going to allocate that money and what that’s going to look like,” Pack said. “We’re having discussions — the Governor’s Office and Governor Justice having discussion with the Legislature, trying to reach agreement on how we go about it, how we approach it.
“They’ve been very positive, but we’re not really at the point yet to say when we’re going to have this session or what’s going to be on it.”
Human services funding
Governor Justice has continued to focus on state allocations to assist disabled and vulnerable residents. The level of state funding for intellectual and developmental disabilities waivers, commonly called IDD waivers, has been at the center of a simmering budget dispute among lawmakers and the governor.
A large crowd of families gathered at the Capitol last month to push lawmakers to revisit a 10% cut to the program that was approved at the end of the legislative session.
More broadly, the progressive West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy think tank, in a budget analysis, described deep cuts to the state’s Medicaid funding. The budget for the coming fiscal year leaves Medicaid with a shortfall of about $147 million, according to the center’s analysis.
Justice, at a news briefing this week, stood by his view that human services funding needs to be a priority.
“The first thing we do is we need to get our funding back in place for DHHR,” Justice said, referring to the name of the former Department of Health and Human Resources, which has been split now into three separate agencies.
“We’ve got our most needy and most dependent people, we just cut their legs out from under them. I don’t think it will be catastrophic unless we can’t put the funding back in. But surely to goodness — we’ve already got the funding; there was no need to do it.”
Lawmakers weigh in
Lawmakers asked a range of questions about the state’s level of funding for human services last month during an interim meeting of the Joint Standing Committee on Health.
Their questions focused on why in some recent years money that was allocated to IDD waivers wound up being shifted to other costs and whether state rates for care providers are anywhere near adequate. Legislative leaders have also noted that more specific line items for the human services budget might require some time to fully assess.
“For the people who have been scared to death over the IDD waiver, can I just say no one has lost one penny of their IDD waiver funds. That is not on the table,” said Senator Rollan Roberts, R-Raleigh, speaking on “Radio Roundtable” on Beckley’s WJLS AM.
“There’s just a lot of things in this clearing up the old DHHR that is on the table, but some people found it advantageous to scare IDD waiver people to death. And I think that is so grievous, sad. No one has lost a penny; they’re not going to lose a penny. We’re trying to figure out all of these different categories because the money was not spent the way it was appropriated.”
Referring to the complexity of budgeting for a multi-billion dollar agency that has been split three ways, Roberts concluded, “We’re going to be talking about it three years from now. This is not an easy fix.”
Delegate Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, expressed concern this week that state leaders aren’t getting a jump on those questions. Pushkin, who is also chairman of the state Democratic Party, said he was dismayed by the possibility that a special session to shore up human services funding and other matters could be pushed off until summer.
“There have been talks of a special session in May and now we’re starting to hear different dates, which is troubling,” Pushkin said on “The Dave Allen Show” on WCHS Radio.
“I hope the governor and the legislature, my friends on the other side of the aisle. can get it together soon for the sake of a lot of people who are going through a lot of uncertainty right now, especially those in the IDD waiver program. We need to get it together, the legislature and the governor’s office, and get in there during the interims and fix this mess that was created at the end of the interims.”
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two Ohio men are accused of leading police in Huntington on a chase and then barricading themselves in an apartment.
Tavoyn Billy Morrison, 24, of Columbus, Ohio, and Aaron Sheldon Moore, 19, of Groveport, Ohio, were arrested late Tuesday and now face multiple charges.
On Tuesday, Huntington Police attempted to pull over a vehicle at the intersection of 28th Street and 8th Avenue for a report of it being stolen on April 29. After fleeing from officers, the vehicle was later located in the 200 block of Oney Avenue. Officers say Morrison and Moore got out of the vehicle and fled on foot to an apartment where one of the men kicked in the door of an apartment while armed with a firearm. A man and a woman were located inside.
Officers and members of the Huntington Police Department SWAT Team surrounded the residence. The two residents inside the apartment were able to get out safely.
The suspects did not surrender to authorities after two hours of being inside the apartment. The Huntington Police Department SWAT Team then decided to use tactical measures that forced the suspects out of the residence where they were then taken into custody. No one was injured.
Following their arrest, the suspects were processed and interviewed by detectives with the Huntington Police Department. The Huntington Violent Crime Drug Task Force then executed a search warrant at the residence as part of the investigation. There they located a handgun, loaded extended handgun magazines, ammunition, heroin, fentanyl and cash.
Morrison was charged with misdemeanors of fleeing from an officer on foot, obstructing an officer and unlawful restraint. He also was charged with the felony crimes of burglary, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm for a prior felony conviction.
Moore was charged with the same misdemeanors. He’s also charged with the felony crimes of burglary, receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle and fleeing in a vehicle with reckless disregard for the safety of others.
Cabell County Magistrate Mike McCarthy arraigned Morrison and gave him a $56,000 cash only bond. Moore received a $96,000 cash only bond.
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MANNINGTON, W.Va. — A Mannington man wanted out of Harrison County has been arrested.
According to U.S. Marshals, Jason Lee Barr, 50, was wanted by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office for being a prohibited person in possession of a concealed firearm. He was arrested Wednesday at a residence on Highland Street in Mannington at around 3 p.m.
The U.S. Marshals Service Mountain State Fugitive Task Force took Barr into custody with help from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and West Virginia State Police. Authorities said Barr tried hiding under a camping trailer at the residence to avoid arrest.
Charges against Barr and another man were filed on October 2, 2023 after the two allegedly obtained firearms during a traffic stop on Interstate 79 near Saltwell Road on March 8, 2023. Two firearms and methamphetamine were recovered from the vehicle during a traffic stop.
Barr is currently booked at the North Central Regional Jail pending his court appearance.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There’s a wide array of music set to emphasize the 34th year of a multi-cultural and diversity festival in Charleston.
The Multi-Cultural Festival returns to the Capital City Thursday, August 1 through Sunday, August 4.
The musical line-up for this year’s MultiFest celebrating diversity in the area includes The Chuck Brown Band, Ginuwine, Petey Pablo, Brian McKnight and more.
Organizers of the four-day event met with Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin among other city and community representatives Wednesday to announce the lineup. MultiFest Executive Director Tamara Eubanks said it’s an exciting lineup this year.
“The artists we have picked up this year have been phenomenal in working with us, so we’re very, very excited,” Eubanks said. “This music is not just for one set, it’s for all ages, different ethnicities.”
The festival will kick-off with “GoGo Night” featuring the Washington D.C-based Chuck Brown Band on Thursday, August 1. 
On Friday, August 2, is All White Ladies Night, where all of the ladies who attend the event are encouraged to wear their best white attire. R&B singer Ginuwine, who also hails from Washington D.C. will take the stage with his hit songs on that night followed by British rapper and radio personality from New York, Monie Love.
An all-day musical lineup on Saturday, August 3, Las Vegas-based Jazz musician Justin Young is the first to take the stage. He will be followed up by Joe Little III, the lead singer of Rude Boys out of Cleveland, Ohio. Greenville, North Carolina singer and rapper Petey Pablo will help headline Saturday’s lineup, along with Brian McKnight, an Atlanta, Georgia R&B singer.
Finally, on Sunday, August 4, Kelontae Gavin, a South Carolina gospel singer will kick off the day, followed by Paul Wall, a hip-hop performer, rapper and DJ out of Houston, Texas, and the Original Lakeside Band, an American funk band from Dayton, Ohio.
Eubanks said they listened to the community on what they wanted to see and hear.
She said they particularly had people approach them about bringing back GoGo Night after they held that theme for the first time last year.
Eubanks said the 34 year mark of MultiFest is a testament to everyone who comes together to help put the event on.
“We are the largest diversity festival within West Virginia, and one of the longest-running festivals within West Virginia, and that is solely due to our sponsors and the dedication of our board members who are volunteers, as well as the community who comes out and supports us,” she said.
Like in previous years, Eubanks said the festival will also host various food and artesian vendors, kids activities, and a Sunday morning worship session.
She said, though, that the music stands as an ultimate reflection of what the event is all about.
“We have jazz, we have R&B, we have hip-hop, we have gospel, and it represents a huge array of music that our participants will be exposed to as they come,” Eubanks said.
However, Eubanks said more than the music and activities, MultiFest is a chance for the community to come together and learn from one another and celebrate the diversity that makes them up.
The event will be held at Haddad Riverfront Park along the Kanawha Boulevard August 1-4.
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