National Parks
Historic town inside national park prepares legal fight to stop demolitions
THURMOND, W.Va. — A nearly abandoned railroad town preserved within New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is preparing for…
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Health and Medicine
Small West Virginia nonprofit lands $1.17 million to expand workplace healthcare
CHESAPEAKE, W.Va. — A West Virginia nonprofit that provides community exercise, nutrition, and recovery programs has been awarded $1.17 million…
Fishing
West Virginia brought back a giant native fish that now keeps breaking records
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — When Tyler Harmon decided on the spur of the moment to take his son fishing on the…
Biking
New 18-mile trail is revealing a hidden West Virginia river valley
RAINELLE, W.Va. — Several weeks after the Meadow River Rail Trail completed its 18-mile route through southern West Virginia, bicycles are…
Wildlife / Conservancy
Two unbanded peregrine falcons confirmed at New River Gorge Bridge
LANSING, W.Va. — Two unbanded peregrine falcons have been confirmed at the New River Gorge Bridge, an encouraging development nearly…
Wildlife / Conservancy
West Virginia elk are roaming farther as restored herd grows
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s restored elk are beginning to roam farther from the southern coalfields where they were reintroduced, even…
Festivals / Events
Fall begins Tuesday in West Virginia with temperatures in the mid-90s
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fall officially begins Tuesday for meteorologists, but someone apparently forgot to tell West Virginia’s weather. The first…
Travel / Transportation
Nearly all the moon will go dark over West Virginia Thursday night
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginians will have a front-row seat to an unusually deep lunar eclipse Thursday night, when Earth’s…
Travel / Transportation
Before Wikipedia, this website was helping people explore West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Before Wikipedia, WVExplorer.com helped people navigate the Mountain State. More than 25 years later, it reaches more…
Botany and Forestry
West Virginia Fall Foliage 2026—when and where colors will peak
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 2026 fall foliage season should begin in the highest Allegheny Mountains in late September, spread…
Travel / Transportation
Why summer heat never lasts in West Virginia and why travelers have loved it for generations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Every summer, the cool morning arrives almost like clockwork. After days of sticky afternoons, something changes. Thunderstorms…
History / Prehistory
West Virginia’s deadliest disasters—10 tragedies that changed U.S. history
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s mountains are often celebrated for their beauty, but they have also shaped some of the…