W.Va. Historic Preservation Awards winners announced
In advance of Saturday's annual preservation awards banquet in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia today announced the winners of its...
Farm at Twin Falls recalls authentic Appalachian landscape
What did an authentic Appalachian pioneer farm look like? Perhaps there's no better place to find out than at Twin Falls Resort State Park...
New Deal-era community center in need of financial assistance
VALLEY BEND, W.Va.—At the heart of an experimental community established during the New Deal in West Virginia, the rescued Homestead Community Center in the...
Historians find older-than-expected buildings in North Wheeling
Many North Wheeling buildings are a step closer to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and development officials have found several...
Does point at tip of northern panhandle mark beginning of West?
Often it's said West Virginia's strange shape renders it "most northern" of the southern U.S. states and "most southern" of the northern. Its northern...
Distinctive building in West Virginia may not stand much longer
In the midst of a scenic valley, on the edge of a county fairground, it waits empty, looking out across broad pastures. Some say...
Wreck of remarkable aircraft may remain in the mountains
Preservationists in central West Virginia are preparing to commemorate the site of the crash of a remarkable military aircraft sent to bomb striking miners...
Former coal camp near Beckley found eligible for National Register
One of the last coal camps that remain in the coalfields near Beckley, West Virginia, has been found eligible for inclusion on the National...
Charleston's first board-built house still stands
Until 1834 nearly every residence in the Kanawha Valley near present-day Charleston was built of hewn timbers. Then along came James Craik, whose Greek...
Oil spilled from W.Va.'s largest well once reached Ohio River
Here in meadow along the upper reaches of the Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha River, it's hard to imagine that there was ever...
Legendary West Virginia springs attracting new audiences
Legendary springs across West Virginia are attracting new audiences among health-conscious people longing for a return to simpler times. Once supposed curative, "healing" springs have...
Old "swastika building" near Beckley still turning heads
"What can you tell me about the old building near Beckley with the swastikas on it? Was it built by nazis?" I'm asked some...