Agencies, farmers markets to present state park dinners
Three state agencies have partnered with the W.Va. Farmers Market Association to host eight farm-to-table dinners in West Virginia state parks. Each will take...
Spring turkey harvest in West Virginia reaches 15-year high
Turkey hunters in West Virginia harvested 12,274 gobblers in spring 2018 — a 15-year high and a six-percent increase over 2017, according to preliminary...
Fifty elk to be released "softly" into W.Va. in re-populaton effort
Fifty elk will be released "softly" into the mountains of southern West Virginia this summer in an effort to reestablish the animal in its...
Bear in all 55 W.Va. counties; officials warn, "Do not feed!"
Black bears are now found in all 55 counties in West Virginia, and officials at the W.Va. Division of Natural Resources are warning residents...
Invasive snakehead fish dumped in Berkeley County stream
The W.Va. Division of Natural Resources and U.S. Geological Survey have confirmed that a northern snakehead fish was killed in another body of water...
W.Va. governor to speak at elk-release event near Logan
The W.Va. Division of Natural Resources will host a public ceremony May 15 to introduce 50 elk recently acquired from Arizona.
Gov. Jim Justice and...
National parks in so. W.Va. attract more than 1.3 million
National parks in southern West Virginia attracted more than 1.3 million visitors in 2017 and added more than $78 million to the local economy,...
Month of May ideal for high whitewater on New River
Perhaps no month is as ideal as May for whitewater rafting on the New River in West Virginia, if high water and big waves...
Burning Rock ATV park near Beckley to reopen May 2
Officials at Burning Rock Off-Road Park near Beckley, West Virginia, today announced a May 2 reopening under new ownership and featuring a new and...
Fayetteville insurer specializing in historic W.Va. properties
Developers in West Virginia are turning more often to preservation projects as investments, according to an insurer who's specializing in the insurance of historic...
New fund offsets cost for development of historic properties
A new statewide fund has been established to offset development costs for owners of historic properties in West Virginia.
The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia...
Spring rafting trips perennially popular among college students
While for some folks April and May might seem too cool for a whitewater-rafting trip, college students don't mind at all and account for...
