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    Beloved story of “Frosty the Snowman” was born in snowy highlands of West Virginia

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    KEYSER, W.Va. — One of America’s most enduring holiday songs—and the animated television specials it inspired—has roots that trace back to the snowy Allegheny...

    West Virginia announces 2026 veterans art show for America250 celebration

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    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The W.Va. Department of Tourism has announced plans for a 2026 Veterans Art Show, inviting West Virginia veterans to help commemorate...

    West Virginia-made comedy "Ambrosia!" nominated at Delaware film festival

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    BECKLEY, W.Va. — The momentum behind "Ambrosia!"—an award-winning West Virginia–made screwball comedy—continues to build as filmmakers announced that the...

    Horror film shot in West Virginia, ‘Self Help’ to hit theaters nationwide on Halloween

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    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A horror-thriller filmed in Huntington in 2024, "Self Help" is set for a nationwide theatrical release...

    Friday Night frights and delights light up West Virginia this Halloween season

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    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Film fans across West Virginia are in for a frightfully fun weekend as Halloween-themed screenings, premieres,...

    Fayetteville Creates turns town into a living arts studio for the New River Gorge

    Arts Bianca Bosworth -
    FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — This winter, the small mountain town of Fayetteville, perched at the edge of the New River...

    Here's how West Virginia has contributed to American Country Music

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    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On a typical Saturday night in the 1930s, when coal dust and church bells marked the...

    From Greenbrier Valley to global fame, the defiant jazz legacy of Ada "Bricktop" Smith

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    ALDERSON, W.Va. — Perhaps few people could have predicted that one of the most electrifying figures of the Jazz...
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