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    West Virginia state parks to ring in 2026 with 24 First Day hikes across the state

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    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia state parks will welcome the New Year by inviting residents and visitors to step...

    Bumper nut, acorn crop and disease reduced West Virginia buck harvest in 2025

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    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bumper crop of nuts and acorns and localized outbreaks of hemorrhagic disease contributed to a...

    Snowshoe Mountain opens 2025–26 ski season with fresh snow, free lift tickets

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    SNOWSHOE, W.Va. — Snowshoe Mountain, the largest ski resort in the Mid-Atlantic, opened the 2025–26 winter season Friday with...

    Three powerful reasons to hike West Virginia when the temperature drops

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    BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginians know winter differently. When the leaves fall, and the chatter of summer tourism fades,...

    Three of four West Virginia alpine ski areas to open this week

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    GHENT, W.Va. – West Virginia is officially kicking off ski season as three of the state’s four mountain resorts...

    West Virginia reinstates fishing agreement on Kentucky border waters

    Fishing Will Reedy -
    FORT GAY, W.Va. — West Virginia has reinstated its reciprocal fishing agreement with Kentucky, allowing Mountain State anglers to...
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    Colonel Ludington's legendary giant ox was real, and it weighed 4,450 pounds

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    WVU to host 4-H code camp for middle and high school at Jackson’s Mill

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