Clyde Craig
THURMOND, W.Va. — A nearly abandoned railroad town preserved within New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is preparing for a legal fight with the federal agency that owns much of it as the National Park Service moves toward demolishing historic buildings there. Bailey & Glasser LLP has agreed to represent the Thurmond town council … Read more
CHESAPEAKE, W.Va. — A West Virginia nonprofit that provides community exercise, nutrition, and recovery programs has been awarded $1.17 million to bring healthcare services closer to workers as the state begins distributing nearly $200 million in federal rural-health funding. Spotted Owl Healthcare Organization, based in Dunbar, received $1.174 million through West Virginia’s Rural Health Transformation … Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The traits that help make a successful athlete can become a liability when that athlete gets hurt. An injured player told to run a mile who instead runs several might appear exceptionally dedicated. But Dana Voelker, director of the School of Sport Sciences at West Virginia University in Morgantown, says excessive exercise … Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fall officially begins Tuesday for meteorologists, but someone apparently forgot to tell West Virginia’s weather. The first day of meteorological fall is expected to feel decidedly like summer across much of the state. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high near 94 degrees Tuesday in Charleston, following highs around 91 Sunday … Read more
THOMAS, W.Va. — A long-planned $4.3 million development will bring new workforce housing and commercial space to downtown Thomas, where the growth of the small Allegheny Mountains tourism community has increased the need for places for local workers to live. Woodlands Development & Lending will break ground Sept. 4 on the TAProom project at 242 … Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 46,000 West Virginia children are receiving free books through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, an Appalachian literacy effort that will continue after the singer and philanthropist’s death this week. But nearly as many eligible West Virginia children are not enrolled. The latest county-by-county figures published by the W.Va. Department of Education … Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Artificial intelligence can give a user the right answer and, just a few sentences later, allow that same user to persuade it that the answer was wrong. A West Virginia University computer scientist is studying why that happens and how AI systems might learn to recognize uncertainty rather than confidently agreeing with … Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 2026 Vacation Guide has won a national tourism marketing award as distribution of the printed publication has climbed past 350,000 copies, the West Virginia Department of Tourism said. The guide received a 2026 U.S. Travel ESTO Award for Excellence in Print Marketing, department spokesperson Lindsey Funk announced Wednesday. The award … Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Across the Appalachians, forests that can appear timeless are constantly changing, exchanging carbon, water and energy with the atmosphere as trees and other vegetation respond to sunlight, rain, drought and changing weather. Scientists can measure that activity as often as 20 times every second. Understanding what all those measurements mean, however, can … Read more
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Long before bottles of detergent and wrapped bars of soap became fixtures in West Virginia homes, some families made a cleaning agent from two things they already had—wood ashes and leftover animal fat. According to an account by late Parkersburg journalist Cordelia Moellendick, preserved in volume 11 of the W.Va. Heritage Encyclopedia, … Read more
