https://wvexplorer.com/west-virginia-burial-funeral-customs/ West Virginia Explorer en 2026-09-19T18:47:47-04:00 Before funeral homes, burying the dead in West Virginia was a community undertaking https://wvexplorer.com/winter-monongahela-national-forest-west-virginia/ West Virginia Explorer en 2026-09-18T15:41:28-04:00 Winter comes early to West Virginia’s highest mountains as forest sites begin closing https://wvexplorer.com/mingo-oak-west-virginia/ West Virginia Explorer en 2026-09-17T23:46:12-04:00 More than 2,000 gathered to watch one of West Virginia’s greatest trees fall