Bianca Bosworth
The lodge at Tygart Lake State Park is not only a place to stay overnight near Grafton, West Virginia. It’s now the name of the new park restaurant, which opened this month along shimmering Tygart Lake. The restaurant operation had been contracted out, according to park superintendent Jim Browning, but it is now managed and … Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—The West Virginia University Extension Service is boosting computer science education in rural communities across West Virginia through a partnership with Google and National 4-H. The two organizations recently announced a $6 million grant, which will help students across 20 states learn skills needed to approach problems in fundamentally different ways across discipline as … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has confirmed that some plants shipped to Rural King stores in West Virginia are being recalled because of the plant disease Phytophthora ramorum. Rural King stores have agreed to initiate a voluntary recall of rhododendron plants from affected stores, according to Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt. “If you purchased … Read more
A new outdoor-drama performance of the Hatfield and McCoy feud is packing the amphitheater at Chief Logan State Park and will host a national TV crew tonight during “Descendant’s Night,” during which members of the two famous families will be admitted at a discount rate. Director Bill France said the true-to-history drama that concerns the … Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—In what West Virginia University officials are haling as a remarkable move, the university this month is crowd-sourcing contributors everywhere and anywhere to find a new nationally running television commercial. The “2019 Find Your Purpose” contest is a worldwide search for the best-told WVU story, according to Tony Dobies, a spokesperson for WVU University Relations. Mountaineer … Read more
Do the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they adhere to actually protect them against death and cardiovascular problems? Maybe not, according to a new umbrella review of meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials by Safi Khan, an assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Medicine. His findings appear in the Annals of … Read more
Greenbrier Valley Brewing Co.’s new “35 Parks WV Pale Ale” will be available at Pipestem Resort State Park beginning June 20 in celebration of West Virginia Day. The park’s official brewery, Greenbrier Valley features several of its flagship beers at restaurants in the park, which also supports regional West Virginia craft beers from Weathered Ground … Read more
West Virginia Day is being celebrated this coming week, and Governor Jim Justice and state Tourism Commissioner Chelsea Ruby are encouraging West Virginians and those who love the state to celebrate and help build tourism on social media. “It’s time to celebrate America’s best-kept secret with seven days of wall-to-wall West Virginia on social media,” … Read more
The W.Va. Department of Agriculture will host nine farm-to-table dinners at state park restaurants between June 15 and September 12 in conjunction with the W.Va. Farmers Market Association and the state Department of Natural Resources. Several dinners this year will heighten the excitement with themes that compliment the local food pairings, including “Hoedown-on-the-Hill” at Chief … Read more
Airbnb.com officials say hosts in Morgantown, West Virginia, earned more than $21,000 while welcoming 230 guests to the city during the West Virginia University (WVU) commencement May 10-13. The jump represented the third largest surge in bookings for Morgantown, in Monongalia County, in the history of Airbnb.com’s online home-sharing platform—behind only a couple of football … Read more
