Your tax return can help make your home look new again.
Welcome to spring 2026 and tax preparation season. If you are NOT a procrastinator, you’re likely waiting for your refund to hit your account very soon. News from the White House says refunds should be higher for most taxpayers this year. Which means you are likely thinking about what to do with the extra cash. Your house would appreciate it if you spent a fraction of your refund on professional pressure washing services.
Siding before washing
The staff members at Extra Mile PowerWashing in Bunker Hill, WV suggest you inspect your home’s exterior now and identify what needs to be cleaned. Start with the roof — maybe using binoculars — then the siding, deck or patio, sidewalk, driveway, gutters, fence and any other surfaces that collect dirt, algae and natural grime. Then imagine your home looking brand new again. Sometimes it’s hard to notice the gradual change from clean to dirty as life happens.
Is your siding a mix of the original color with splotches of green and black streaks? Are your roof, sidewalks and deck boards covered in stains? If the answers are “yes,” your home is aging more quickly than it should. This is the time to seriously consider a professional pressure washing to remove these harmful elements.
Contact Extra Mile for pressure washing in 2026
Click here to contact Extra Mile PowerWashing’s staff online to schedule a December pressure washing appointment. They can also be reached by calling 
304.904.0500 or emailing dustin@extramilepw.com. They are happy to provide a free estimate.
The Extra Mile cleaning professionals pressure wash homes and businesses throughout the great Martinsburg, WV area. That area includes Bunker Hill, Inwood, Charles Town, Shepherdstown, Kearneysville, Falling Waters, Hedgesville and Harpers Ferry. In Virginia, the techs serve the area between the West Virginia/Virginia line south to Winchester.
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This is Women’s History Month
March is the official month to celebrate the accomplishments of women throughout history. Below are some of the lesser-known names from the history books and how their achievements ultimately changed lives for the better.
- Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891): She authored a groundbreaking pamphlet on the legal status of women, sparking the campaign that eventually allowed married women to own and control their own property.
- Claudette Colvin (b. 1939): At age 15, she refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks. She later became a key plaintiff in the court case that ended bus segregation in the city.
Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000): Beyond her Hollywood fame, she was an ingenious inventor who developed technology that became the foundation for modern wireless communication (such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth).- Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951): Her cancer cells, taken without consent, became the “HeLa” cell line—an immortal line essential to medical breakthroughs like the polio vaccine and cancer research.
- Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915): In 1889, she became the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
March is also National Nutrition Month
National Nutrition Month is a campaign focusing on overall health, which is a balance of diet, exercise, rest, and hereditary traits. While heredity is a forgone conclusion, the other three can be controlled.
Nutrition is one of the biggest factors in a person’s health. Food choices can significantly increase or decrease risk factors for disease and injury. A flood of diet programs out there aim to improve health and keep consumers slim. However, most studies agree that including fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and proteins comprise a healthy diet.