Now making snow, Snowshoe posts 2019-2020 events
Snowmaking has commenced on Snowshoe Mountain in the mountains of eastern West Virginia, and officials at the resort complex have announced its 2019-2020 calendar...
Tubing park at Snowshoe goes green (and red, blue...)
Snowshoe Mountain is installing lights that are expected to trim energy use by 80 to 85 percent at its Coca-Cola Tubing Park. But the...
Partnership provides oil, gas training for high school seniors
Four hundred West Virginia high school seniors will be able to enter a pipeline of future workers in the oil and gas industry through...
WVU geologist selected for NASA’s Mars 2020 team
When samples from the Mars 2020 expedition eventually make their way to Earth, the scientists of tomorrow will have a WVU Mountaineer to thank.
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Reedsville man catches state record chain pickerel
A West Virginia man caught a 27.87-inch, four-pound chain pickerel on Oct. 13 at Upper Deckers Lake near Reedsville, West Virginia, in Preston County—a...
Obscure building at prehistoric mound boasts curious history
When tourists arrive in Moundsville, West Virginia, they often come to see the massive Grave Creek Adena burial mound or tour the infamous West...
WVU to release book on history, symbol of the Mountaineer
The West Virginia University Mountaineer is not just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity embraced throughout the Mountain State.
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West Virginia now manufactures unique composite helicopters
The result of a collaboration among Safari Helicopters, Carbon Fiber Composites, and the Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University, a new helicopter is...
Railroad runs through the heart of this West Virginia town
A railroad coursing through a community in the Mountain State is no rarity, but the line that runs through the heart of downtown Saint...
Wild boar season opens in southern West Virginia
West Virginia's 2019 wild boar firearms season opens Oct. 26, runs through Nov. 2, and is open to West Virginia residents only. A second...
Bethany's Parkinson Forest added to old-growth network
The Parkinson Forest at Bethany College has been added to the national Old-Growth Forest Network—the eleventh site in West Virginia to be included and...
Snowshoe, Alleghenies received first snowfall overnight
The Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia saw their first snowfall last night, and officials at the ski resort on Snowshoe Mountain say that's a...
