Clyde Craig
BEAVER, W.Va. — West Virginia’s abundance of place names ending in Run and Fork is not simply a local impression. A nationwide study of stream names found that both terms occur in West Virginia at rates far above the national average. Geographer Jon C. Campbell analyzed more than 221,000 stream names recorded in the federal … 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
BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia will commit an additional $145 million to water and wastewater infrastructure over the coming year under a new state strategy that will give greater consideration to communities facing failing systems, boil-water orders, public health concerns and financial distress. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced the investment Wednesday in Beckley as part of … Read more
