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    Amanda Larch Hinchman

    Amanda Larch is a freelance writer and editor and a 2020 graduate of Marshall University. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, antique shopping, reading, and baking. She resides in Hurricane.
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    First documented poltergeist in U.S. haunted this historic W.Va. town

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    MIDDLEWAY, W.Va. — The Wizard Clip haunting, the first documented poltergeist in America, occurred in the late 1700s in...

    Prehistoric burial mound in West Virginia contains remarkable secret

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    SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rising above the end of this city’s central avenue, the prehistoric Criel Mound—one of the...

    The legend of the Vegetable Man: How a bloodsucking alien left its mark on West Virginia

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    FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A lesser-known encounter with an extraordinary Mountain State cryptid is still capturing the imagination of West...

    How an obscure, mysterious writer in West Virginia invented UFO lore as we know it

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    RIFFLE, W.Va.— The blockbuster Men in Black film franchise might seem a world away from the hills of West...

    This scenic parkway explores some of West Virginia's very highest peaks

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    MARLINTON, W.Va. — Traveling through a remote, windswept landscape of spruce and cranberry, a scenic parkway that explores some...

    The eastern panhandle of West Virginia: how it came to be

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    SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The eastern panhandle of West Virginia reaches more than 100 miles across the eastern U.S. from...

    Unique northern panhandle of West Virginia created by historic dispute

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    WEIRTON, W.Va — West Virginia's remarkable shape is partly defined by its odd northern panhandle, a finger of land...

    Fading memories of a wartime powerhouse: South Charleston’s ordnance plant

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    SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rising behind a series of pleasant neighborhoods, one of the largest manufacturing complexes in West...

    Weird W.Va. wonder "Ice Mountain" open to tours by arrangement

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    NORTH RIVER MILLS, W.Va.— One of West Virginia's most fascinating natural wonders, Ice Mountain, where winter ice lingers in...

    Historian reclassifies Civil War "skirmish" in W.Va. as all-out battle

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    HURRICANE, W.Va. — Early research on a Civil War engagement in West Virginia at Hurricane Bridge underestimated the number...

    Islands in the Ohio River in West Virginia are a Noah's Ark for wildlife

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    WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. — Hidden in plain sight, the islands in the Ohio River in West Virginia are a Noah's...

    Perhaps surprisingly, W.Va. is ideally suited to residential solar energy use

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    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Much of West Virginia enjoys about 85 percent as much sunlight as Miami, Florida, which means...
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