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...
"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...
FalloutWV newsletter to track Fallout 76 locales in West Virginia
At 16 square miles, Fallout 76 is reported to be four times the size of Fallout 4, Bethesda Game Studio's previous release in the...
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...
West Virginia mountain folk made dye from a variety of native...
SPENCER, W.Va. — Before commercial dyes became readily available to mountain people in West Virginia, homespun yarn was colored with natural materials that could...
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...
Bright $1M gift boosts Blanche Lazzell acquisition at WVU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nearly 30 years after Patricia Bright was first introduced to the artwork of modernist Blanche Lazzell, she and her husband, Bill...
Mothman Museum a highlight of Point Pleasant visit
The weather was turning cold in mid-November 1966 when stories of a strange creature began to scatter like autumn leaves across West Virginia. Men...
Fallout 76: Which West Virginia landmarks can you find?
In time for Christmas 2018, Bethesda it will unleash "Fallout 76," a video game of enormous proportions that appears to be entirely centered in...
Abandoned mine shaft lore in Fallout 76 a real-world concern
In Fallout 76, abandoned mine shaft story-lines play an important role, yet beyond the video game, abandoned coal mine openings in West Virginia pose...
Historian: Movie theaters played a vital role in rural West Virginia
ELKINS, W.Va. — Movie theaters once played a vital role in isolated sections of West Virginia, says a historian who's helped breathe new life...
"Moundsville" film to be broadcast on PBS stations nationally
Filmmakers David Bernabo and John W. Miller have reached an agreement to distribute the documentary film "Moundsville" to 338 public broadcasting stations nationally over...
