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State Parks

Blackwater Falls State Park begins online ticket sales for sled run

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia State Parks officials today...

West Virginia State Parks Foundation awarded $17,500 grant for forestry work

HURRICANE, W.Va. — The West Virginia State Parks Foundation...

Exclusive dinner series at Pipestem Resort State Park showcases new menu

PIPESTEM, W.Va. — Tickets are now available for a...

Stargazing cabins open at Coopers Rock State Forest near Morgantown

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia officials today announced the...

Chief Logan State Park in West Virginia debuts a fully accessible playground

LOGAN, W.Va. — Chief Logan State Park has unveiled...

Travel and Transportation

Here are 20 things that make wild, wonderful West Virginia famous

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — From the peaks of the Allegheny...

Peak fall color in West Virginia: the science and spectacle of Appalachian autumn

DAVIS, W.Va. — When the first sharp chill settles...

Three West Virginia resorts ranked among best in U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Top travel destinations in West Virginia...

Autumn colors continue to unfold across 'Almost Heaven,' West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Autumn is sweeping across 'Almost Heaven,'...

West Virginia tourism tops record $9 billion in annual economic impact

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The W.Va. Department of Tourism today...

National Parks

Tourism surge in southern West Virginia yields more than $108 million for local economy

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — A newly released report from...

Oral history recordings now available on New River Gorge national park website

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Officials at the New River...

Park Service releases finding on demos of historic structures in New River Gorge

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — The National Park Service has...

Sandstone Falls emerges as a must-see destination in the New River Gorge

SANDSTONE, W.Va. — Sandstone Falls, one of the most...

A hidden parkway travels beneath the New River Gorge Bridge in W.Va.

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Nearly all who cross the towering...

Economic Development

West Virginia historic preservation grants open for 2026 applications

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is now accepting applications...

West Virginia trust invests in SensorHubb in push for tech growth, safer food

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust...

Here's what artificial intelligence says about the future of West Virginia

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Mills Group to breathe new life into historic courthouse in Martinsburg, West Virginia

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Home Did a settler survive lost in caverns beneath W.Va.'s Greenbrier Valley? Historical map showing Frankford, W.Va.

Historical map showing Frankford, W.Va.

Editor David Sibray Inside Entrance At Sinks Of Gandy

A historical map showing Frankford, W.Va., and the Greenbrier River.

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Preservation grants are being employed to restore the historic Tyree Tavern at Ansted.

West Virginia historic preservation grants open for 2026 applications

October 27, 2025

The quarter-mile sled run, the longest on the East Coast, will open for the winter season on Dec. 18, 2025, and be open, weather permitting, Thursdays through Sundays through March 8.

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