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Data centers collide with West Virginia’s new profitable remote-work, recreation brand
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has spent the past decade successfully selling itself as a place where people can trade traffic for trailheads. Now, a different kind of growth is knocking at its door—one that gives power back to outside interests: industrial-scale...
W.Va. Natural Resources partners with youth in stream restoration
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The W.Va. Division of Natural Resources is working with West Virginia youth to...
Invasive Box Tree Moth has reached West Virginia’s eastern panhandle
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The W.Va. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of the Box Tree...
What to do if you come across an abandoned fawn in West Virginia
CREDE, W.Va. — Spring and early summer are peak seasons for deer births, and it’s not uncommon for...
Perhaps surprisingly, W.Va. is ideally suited to residential solar energy use
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Much of West Virginia enjoys about 85 percent as much sunlight as Miami, Florida, which means it’s ideally suited to solar energy use, says the founder and CEO of West Virginia-based Solar Holler. Thanks to technological advances, Dan Conant says...
Black bear encounters in West Virginia are highest in May, June
PINEVILLE, W.Va. — If it’s May or June in West Virginia and you’ve noticed an uptick in bear encounters on social media and in person, don’t be surprised. Young black bears are venturing out on their own in late spring and early summer, and male and female adults are...
Where are the most star-spangled skies in rural West Virginia?
MARLINTON, W.Va. — Located entirely within the Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia includes some of the darkest regions of the night sky in the eastern U.S. While regions near its largest cities may be bright enough to wash out many stars, residents of more than 50...
Historic coalfields “castle” in W.Va. is back on the real estate market
ITMANN, W.Va. — A tourist attraction in West Virginia’s southern mountains, the landmark Itmann Company Store — also known as the “Castle in the Coalfields” — has returned to the real estate market and is attracting more interest than ever. Parties negotiating the...