Retro "I SCREAM" parlor attracting visitors to Ripley
An innovative new ice cream parlor, "I Scream Sundae," is attracting dessert fanatics to Ripley, where the rural small-town atmosphere was parlor-ready.
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Justice confirms state support for Wheeling streetscape
Officials have confirmed state support for a $25-million streetscaping project in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, and the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the state's...
Omnis to invest $60 million to extract rare earth metals
MULLENS, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has announced that Omnis Sublimation Recovery Technologies will invest $60 million in Wyoming County and use...
Registration open for W.Va. historical masonry workshop
The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, in partnership with the City of Weston, is hosting a week-long historic preservation workshop from April 25- 29,...
Free W.Va. historic preservation webinars being broadcast
Investing in historic properties has never been more popular in West Virginia. The state's tax-credit budgets for rehabilitating older buildings now exceed those of...
Preservation Alliance awards funding for seven 2022 projects
ELKINS, W.Va. — The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia in 2022 awarded more than $488,000 in funding to restoration projects in Brooke, Mercer, Preston,...
W.Va. awards $9.7 million for pedestrian, recreation trails
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has announced the award of 38 Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program grant projects for the...
New national heritage area to attract travel, investment
A new national heritage area established in March will attract financing and tourism to eastern West Virginia and western Maryland—a region that encompasses millions...
West Virginia reaches nation's second highest export growth rate
Gov. Jim Justice announced today that West Virginia had reached the second-highest export growth rate of any state in the nation in 2021. He...
Governor launches "Ascend WV" remote-worker program
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice today announced the launch of the state's premier remote-work program, aimed at recruiting outdoor enthusiast professionals to the Mountain...
Sheet steel mill to bring 800 jobs to Mason County
Gov. Jim Justice announced today that Nucor Corporation has selected Mason County in western West Virginia as the location for a state-of-the-art sheet steel...
W.Va. tourism official: new rafting run spectacular (exclusive photos)
A new whitewater run that opens to commercial rafting in 2019 may not be a game changer, but it will certainly enhance the game...
