Monster “hellbenders” are lurking in West Virginia’s cleanest streams
HINTON, W.Va. — Beneath the surface of clean-flowing streams in West Virginia, a multitude of strange creatures lurk, but none is perhaps more shocking...
Five reasons why your family should visit West Virginia this winter
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – During a time of year when snuggling under a blanket on the couch seems more reasonable than going outside, West Virginia...
Starlink broadband attracting residents to remote West Virginia
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Satellite-based broadband is allowing telecommuters to settle in some of the most remote areas in West Virginia, a development that's changing...
Tax credit expansion devised in W.Va. will benefit all rural U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An initiative designed to attract economic investment to historic buildings and districts in rural communities is being introduced to Congress by...
Here's how West Virginia's unique eastern panhandle came to be
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s remarkable shape is rendered even more so by its eastern panhandle, which extends nearly 100 miles eastward from the...
Unique northern panhandle of West Virginia created by historic dispute
WEIRTON, W.Va — West Virginia's remarkable shape is partly defined by its odd northern panhandle, a finger of land that extends northward more than...
Greenbrier Valley in W.Va. was an early American resort community
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.— The scenic Greenbrier Valley in southern West Virginia was among the early large-scale resort communities in the U.S. and featured...
A growing issue in W.Va.—painting old brick buildings can destroy them
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Whether you think it looks good or not, painting a brick building can destroy it. Even if it doesn't collapse the...
Consultants, engineers find no need for New River Gorge demolitions
THURMOND. W.Va. — Consultants employed by the National Park Service to evaluate the condition of nationally historic structures in the New River Gorge, which...
Forest lore: Is it true that moss grows only on the...
BARKERS RIDGE, W.Va. — You might have heard that moss grows only on the north sides of trees. That bit of lore originated as...
Isolated Webster County in West Virginia once declared itself a state
WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. — Perhaps no county in West Virginia is as isolated as Webster County. Entirely mountainous, no expressway or U.S. highway ventures...
Founding family of Alderson fights errant town to save historic landmark
ALDERSON, W.Va. — Members of one of West Virginia's founding families are fighting to save a commercial building on the National Register of Historic...
