Auditorium focus of W.Va. preservation banquet Sept. 30
Charleston's Municipal Auditorium on Sept. 30 will host and serve as the focus of the annual banquet for the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia,...
Four more weeks of rafting left during Gauley Season 2017
You don't need a passport to experience world-class whitewater rafting—it's available on the legendary Gauley River in West Virginia, but only for four more...
Candlelight tours of Blennerhassett Island set for Oct. 13-14
PARKERSBURG, W.Va.—For two nights in October visitors to Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park can experience the candle-lit world of 1805 and attend a period-accurate...
West Virginia observatory monitors signals from distant galaxy
Scientists working with the remote National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, have detected repeating radio signals being emitted from a dwarf...
Statewide seminars to boost booming W.Va. maple-syrup industry
To meet the demands of West Virginia's growing maple-syrup industry, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and the W.Va. Maple Syrup Producers Association are...
Canaan Valley park gearing up for brilliant Allegheny autumn
One of the most lofty resort-parks in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, Canaan Valley State Park is gearing up for a vivid autumn,...
Mountain State Art & Craft Fair, Sept. 15-17, is 'actually five...
The 55th annual Mountain State Art & Craft Fair—recently selected among America’s best 100 craft fairs—has been scheduled Sept. 15-17 at the Cedar Lakes...
Eleven W.Va. state parks will offer eclipse celebrations
Eleven West Virginia state park will celebrate the near-total solar eclipse that will darken most of the country the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 21.
Visitors to...
Gift of vacation cabin aids flood recovery in Greenbrier Valley
Steve and Annette Marchetti's donation of a highland cabin in the Greenbrier Valley has boosted flood recovery in the region and attracted a new...
Alliance seeks funds to support three W.Va. preservation organizations
The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia is seeking contributions to help support three state historical-development organizations for which funding has been cut or is...
Landscape architect opens farm retreat near New River Gorge
A botanist and landscape architect has invested her knowledge in a farmhouse retreat near the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia, an ecosystem...
Moonrise walk hints at increased physical activity in southern W.Va.
Officials say a moonrise walk that attracted a record number of hikers to the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia last week could...
