Park service may shuttle visitors while Potomac bridge is repaired
National Park Service officials may consider shuttling hikers and visitors between Harpers Ferry and Maryland Heights while a bridge over the Potomac River there...
Aging, declining population leading to drop in ramp dinners
A decline in population across West Virginia may be contributing to a drop in traditional spring ramp feasts, despite increased interest among tourists and...
Hunter education classes prepare hunters for upcoming seasons
When it comes to participating in West Virginia's many hunting seasons, there's a lot to remember.
But new hunters don't have to learn everything on...
Governor requests up to $2 million to jump-start aquatic center
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced today that he hopes to invest as much $2 million in construction of a new community swimming and...
National healthy-living campaign comes to southern W.Va.
Fayette, Raleigh, Summers, and Nicholas counties in southern West Virginia have been selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to participate...
W.Va. Governor: Dollars spent on the arts multiplies by 23
Each dollar spent on the arts in West Virginia turns into 23, the governor of West Virginia said during the fourth annual Arts-in-our-Communities Conference...
Tyler development group looks to Ohio model for success
A group of Tyler County residents is looking to a county in Ohio for an economic solution required to rebuild a similar historical landmark...
W.Va. State U. mourns gifted alumni Katherine Johnson
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, pioneering NASA mathematician, and West Virginia State University alumna Katherine Johnson passed away today at age 101, according to...
WVExplorer Magazine surpasses 2.5 million annual readers
West Virginia Explorer Magazine has surpassed a rate of 2.5-million readers annually or an average of more than 7,000 readers daily, according to its...
After 125 years, Justice signs bill founding Bluefield State
One hundred and twenty-five years after the bill that established Bluefield State College was penned, Governor Jim Justice today signed the legislation during an...
Shepherd opens 2020 Appalachian fiction competition
The Appalachian Studies and Communities at Shepherd University is accepting submissions by May 1 for its 2020 West Virginia Fiction Competition.
The competition was created...
DNR using Christmas trees to create, improve fish habitat
Fisheries biologists with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources are using old Christmas trees to improve habitat at popular fishing locations around the...
