Public invited to open house Oct. 15 at Wyoming County landmark
ITMANN, W.Va. — Foxfire Realty and the Wyoming County Historical Society will host an open house for the public from 10 a.m. until 4...
Hikers, paddlers can visit New River's lost "Island of the Dead"
THURMOND, W.Va. — Victims of a smallpox pandemic that swept through the New River Gorge in the late 1800s may have been buried in...
Scrap marker remains to recount the tale of terrifying "Likker Charlie"...
CAMP CREEK, W.Va. — Only a few local historians may remember the obscure and chilling tale of Charles Anderson Mills, more infamously known in...
How the Pruntytown reformatory became a bogeyman in West Virginia
PRUNTYTOWN, W.Va. — If you were an unruly boy growing up in West Virginia before the 1980s, there's a chance your misbehaviors were met...
Rare memoir recalls national park before Thurmond ghost town
THURMOND, W.Va. — Perhaps no small town in West Virginia has gained the worldwide notoriety that the tiny Town of Thurmond has enjoyed. A...
National Coal Heritage Area calls for grant applications
The National Coal Heritage Area Authority to support community efforts to interpret, preserve, and promote coal heritage resources is seeking proposals for funding for...
Museum installing monuments to commemorate Mine Wars
MATEWAN, W.Va. — The first of two monuments commemorating the Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia will be installed this weekend in Logan...
Grant funding available for coal heritage projects
The National Coal Heritage Area Authority is seeking proposals for funding for projects that support community efforts to interpret, preserve, and promote coal heritage...
Nightmarish mummies attracting curious to rural West Virginia
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Stored for years in an old barn, the creations of a rural mad scientist, the hardened cadavers known as the "Philippi...
UBB Mine Disaster Memorial has helped some heal
All it took was a spark to ignite an explosion that sent hurricane-force winds tearing through mines beneath the mountains near Montcoal in southern...
Historic Nuttalburg mine, ghost town may be accessible soon
Access to one of the most important mining heritage sites in the U.S. will reopen again soon, though officials have no timeline for restoration...
Mine Wars scholar: new generation rediscovering conflict
A new generation is discovering the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars, says a scholar who will speak as a guest lecturer Oct....
