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Create Buckhannon awarded 2021 gift for agricultural innovation

Berries at a farmer's market
Create Buckhannon has been named the winner of the 2021 West Virginia Vanguard Agriculture Competition, a statewide contest sponsored by the Robert C. Byrd...

Forester using AI to identify trees likely to trigger power blackouts

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University urban forester is developing a method, with the help of artificial intelligence, to identify trees at risk...

WVU receives $3 million to boost rare-earth extraction capacity

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University researchers plan to increase the supply of rare earth elements and critical minerals extracted from acid mine drainage...

Capito announces largest broadband funding for West Virginia to date

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced that West Virginia would receive $1,210,800,969.85 in funding through the Broadband Equity, Access,...

One-of-a-kind Christmas town opens in West Virginia highlands

Holiday lights twinkle in the historic district at Cass, West Virginia.
A remarkable Christmas town with its own "elf train" has come to life in the wintry Allegheny highlands near Snowshoe Mountain. One of the most...

W.Va. State U. to host virtual workshop on forest planning

W.Va. State University will host a forest management planning seminar for state landowners.
West Virginia State University will host a free online workshop on forest-management planning for West Virginia farmers and landholders on Thursday, June 18, at...

WVU to drill three miles down to tap geothermal hotspot

A geothermal heat map of West Virginia shows areas of potential geothermal energy hot spots.
West Virginia University researchers will drill three miles into the ground near Morgantown to test the potential of geothermal energy in the region this...

SBA W.Va. seeks nominations for Small Business Week 2022

Central to the eastern U.S. but refreshingly rural, West Virginia continues to attract small businesses in record numbers.
The U.S. Small Business Administration's West Virginia district office is accepting nominations for its 2022 National and West Virginia Small Business Week Awards, including...

Landmark Irish pub for sale near New River Gorge

Visitors are usually surprised when they walk through the door of Maggie's Pub in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Only a stone's throw from the New River...

W.Va. Dept. of Agriculture releases new five-year plan

A historic stone barn awaits the harvest in West Virginia's eastern panhandle.
The West Virginia Agriculture Advisory Board has released a five year-strategic plan for West Virginia agriculture, which Commissioner of Agricultural Ken Leonhardt says he...

Entrenched meander near Beckley, W.Va., a geologic curiosity

Just east of Beckley, in southern West Virginia, Piney Creek descends into a gorge that wanders the tablelands south of the New River Gorge. Near its...

"Worm Moon of March" lore is accurate, says West Virginia gardener

FLAT TOP, W.Va. — Worms are already making their presence known in the upper layers of the soil in early March, says a West...

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