Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards seeks volunteers for trail work
A volunteer group that helps maintain the scenic Dolly Sods Wilderness in northern West Virginia is looking for additional volunteers to help maintain its...
Monongahela National Forest to provide 2023 Capitol Christmas tree
ELKINS, W.Va.– The Monongahela National Forest has been selected to provide the 2023 Christmas Tree for the U.S. capitol, kicking off a year-long celebration...
Cook's Old Mill centerpiece of a historic W.Va. landscape
GREENVILLE, W.Va. — I rarely have the opportunity to show my daughters a back-road attraction in West Virginia that they haven't seen before. They've...
12 remarkable facts about the New River Gorge in West Virginia
FAYETTEVILLE, W. Va. — The nation's newest national park, the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, is full of secrets, surprises, historic sites,...
Dolly Sods roads close for winter '22-'23 beginning Jan. 3
PETERSBURG, W.Va. — Roads leading through Dolly Sods in northern West Virginia will close to motor vehicles for the winter beginning on January 3,...
W.Va. state parks extend deadline on holiday gift cards
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia state parks are extending a promotion that rewards shoppers for purchasing state park gift cards until 11:59 p.m. eastern...
Harpers Ferry to reenact Christmas as celebrated in 1864
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — On December 3 and 4, 2022, visitors to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park are invited to explore a historical reenactment...
W.Va. Farm Museum Christmas Light Show runs Dec. 5-20
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Two million lights will twinkle at the West Virginia State Farm Museum December 5-20, 2022, to celebrate Christmas, though volunteer...
Prehistoric mastodon may have carried these thorny trees into W.Va.
CAIRO, W.Va. — With thorns the size of knives, this bizarre cousin of the black locust tree that's common throughout West Virginia might have...
National park holds open house before proposed demos
GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — The National Park Service is inviting interested members of the public to attend an open house on Thursday, Dec. 8,...
Justice announces renovation of W.Va. Turnpike travel plazas
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has announced plans for the complete renovation of the Beckley and Bluestone travel plazas on the...
Tomlinson Run trout stream restored in northern W.Va.
NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — Nearly 8,000 feet of the most northern trout stream in West Virginia have been restored at Tomlinson Run State Park,...
