3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1418+ words) BECKLEY, W.Va. — A West Virginia city near the nation’s newest national park is developing a recreational trail system that could exceed 40 miles—part of an effort to transform it from a transportation center into an outdoor destination. About 14 miles of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) “We received hundreds of submissions from across the state, as well as from folks in other states who share a love for West Virginia State Parks,” Reed said. “There were so many outstanding images that selecting the winners was no…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (912+ words) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The traits that help make a successful athlete can become a liability when that athlete gets hurt. An injured player told to run a mile who instead runs several might appear exceptionally dedicated. But Dana Voelker, director of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1577+ words) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — As darkness falls over the Ohio River, a sternwheeler departs from the Ohio shore, carrying passengers toward a West Virginia island lit by hundreds of candles and lanterns. For two nights this October, visitors to Blennerhassett Island Historical…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1217+ words) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Long before bottles of detergent and wrapped bars of soap became fixtures in West Virginia homes, some families made a cleaning agent from two things they already had—wood ashes and leftover animal fat. According to an account…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1166+ words) GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — National Park Week begins Saturday, spotlighting hundreds of America’s most celebrated landscapes. But in West Virginia, the national park experience is a little different. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve isn’t simply wilderness set aside from…...