Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Forest
Editor’s note: The sixth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Forest, based principally...
Writers track real W.Va. locations that appear in Fallout 76 map
Information being updated. New locations added. Last update 11/15/2018
The new virtual map for the Fallout 76 video game is filled with real-world locations in...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores The Mire
(Editor's Note: Over the next six issues of the FalloutWV Newsletter, contributing editor John Barton will examine the six principal areas mapped in the...
Did Poe write "The Raven" while visiting Saint Albans, West Virginia?
SAINT ALBANS, W.Va. — Might Edgar Allen Poe have written his poem "The Raven" while visiting the Kanawha Valley? Though nothing's been proven, the...
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" reaching new audiences
If you're a West Virginian who came of age after 1971, chances are you can hardly remember a time when John Denver's "Take Me...
Remarkable stone face attracting curious in New River Gorge
An enigmatic stone face carved into mossy sandstone along the rim of the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia is attracting increased attention...
Homer Hickam on W.Va. and the outbreak: "We are not afraid"
Author and engineer Homer Hickam says he trusts that the native bravery he knew growing up in West Virginia will help others weather the...
Statue of Abraham Lincoln at West Virginia Capitol took years to...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There is perhaps no more extraordinary place of honor for a statue in West Virginia than in the plaza in front...
Which are the top 10 arts communities in West Virginia?
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — What makes for a good arts community? Good arts communities are those in which affordable housing, entrepreneurial spirit, and the availability...
Pastoral beauty of lower Kanawha Valley broadcast by W.Va. painter
FRAZIER'S BOTTOM, W.Va. — One of the most scenic pastoral landscapes in the eastern U.S., the valley of the lower Kanawha River in West...
Mapping Fallout 76: John Barton explores Toxic Valley
Editor's note: the third installment in John Barton's examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates the Toxic Valley region,...
June 16 marks anniversary of Grafton Monster sightings
On June 16, 1964, hell broke loose in Grafton, West Virginia, a sleepy town on the Tygart Valley River. Excitement here normally came by...
