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Starlink broadband attracting residents to remote West Virginia

Starlink Over West Virginia
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Satellite-based broadband is allowing telecommuters to settle in some of the most remote areas in West Virginia, a development that's changing...

Tax credit expansion devised in W.Va. will benefit all rural U.S.

Building on Main Streeet in Shepherdstown West Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An initiative designed to attract economic investment to historic buildings and districts in rural communities is being introduced to Congress by...

Greenbrier Valley in W.Va. was an early American resort community

Historic Level Tavern in Organ Cave, West Virginia
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.— The scenic Greenbrier Valley in southern West Virginia was among the early large-scale resort communities in the U.S. and featured...

A growing issue in W.Va.—painting old brick buildings can destroy them

Badly Painted Brick At Grantsville WV
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Whether you think it looks good or not, painting a brick building can destroy it. Even if it doesn't collapse the...

Consultants, engineers find no need for New River Gorge demolitions

Buildings in Thurmond scheduled for demolition
THURMOND. W.Va. — Consultants employed by the National Park Service to evaluate the condition of nationally historic structures in the New River Gorge, which...

Founding family of Alderson fights errant town to save historic landmark

Historic Alderson Store Building
ALDERSON, W.Va. — Members of one of West Virginia's founding families are fighting to save a commercial building on the National Register of Historic...

Repair of historic forest pavilion at Blue Bend earns preservation award

HistoriCorps Project At Blue Bend
FRANKFORD, W.Va. — One of the most significant restorations underway in West Virginia has attracted the attention of state preservationists, who are awarding its...

Preservation programs will support leasing in Thurmond ghost town

Historic Thurmond in West Virginia
THURMOND, W.Va. — Programming through a preservation organization in West Virginia will support leasing in this historic town where the National Park Service had...

Alliance declares historic stone walls across West Virginia "endangered"

Sibray Visits Historic Stone Wall in West Virginia
ELKINS, W.Va. — To help educate the public about the value and stability of historic stone walls, the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia has...

Scenic trout stream lies hidden along I-77 / I-64 West Virginia...

An angler casts into scenic Paint Creek, hidden just out of site of Interstates 64 and 77.
PAX, W.Va. — Few motorists traveling the West Virginia Turnpike between Beckley and Charleston may know that one of the state's most beautiful trout...

New West Virginia rail trail leads through isolated mountain valley

Clear Fork Rail Trail in West Virginia
WHITESVILLE, W.Va. — A new recreational trail in an isolated valley in southern West Virginia has piqued the curiosity of hikers, bikers, and residents...

Grant available to save neglected historic buildings in W.Va.

Cold Metal Building In Wellsburg in West Virginia
The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia is accepting applications for its new Saving Historic Places Grant, designed to save certified historic buildings in rural...

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