Registration open for historic real estate finance training in W.Va.
The National Development Council will host the first of a two-part Historic Real Estate Finance Professional Certification series to Fairmont State University May 8-12, 2017,...
Log cabin researchers explore rare, mysterious circumstances in W.Va.
A pioneering team of scholars who are dating old log structures in West Virginia has discovered rare, previously undocumented examples of log construction and...
Late summer was busy time for native W.Va. inhabitants
SANDSTONE, W.Va. -- Native inhabitants of what would become West Virginia were preparing in late summer for the onslaught of winter -- the subject of a...
WV, W.Va.: which abbreviation for West Virginia is correct?
Throughout West Virginia Explorer you'll find West Virginia abbreviated as both WV and W.Va. Which is the correct abbreviation for West Virginia?
According to official...
Is West Virginia a northern state or a southern state?
It's an argument as old as West Virginia itself -- is West Virginia a northern state or a southern state? Let us know what...
Abolitionist experiment "Ceredo" lecture May 6
John Brown wasn't the only abolitionist to make history in West Virginia. While Brown launched his raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859 to arm...
Trail, climbing areas reopen after New River Gorge fire
LANSING, W.Va. -- The Endless Wall Trail and adjacent climbing access areas above the New River south of the New River Gorge Bridge have...
1863 map reveals change in the West Virginia landscape
How has West Virginia changed over the last 150 years? Three counties in the southern state had yet to be created and two had yet...
Harpers Ferry event explores U.S. Colored Troops
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. -- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park this weekend hosts a two-day commemorative event exploring the 1864 recruiting party held there for...
Forest fire burning southeast of New River Gorge Bridge
UPDATE (9:47 a.m., 4-24-2014): The fire that swept the wall of the New River Gorge southeast of the New River Gorge Bridge was 90...
Fort Scammon, an ideal spot for an afternoon outing
I finally made it to Fort Scammon, a Civil War-era earthwork atop what's now Fort Hill in Charleston, West Virginia, No one died at the fort, or...
Join WVExplorer prehistoric landmarks initiative!
Burial mounds, mysterious carvings, inexplicable stone walls -- relics of the prehistoric past are found throughout West Virginia, but perhaps too few people know...
