13+ hour, 56+ min ago   (733+ words) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University will automatically admit qualifying high school seniors in two West Virginia counties under a new program that eliminates the traditional college application and application fee. This year, the offer is limited to seniors in Kanawha…...

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…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (716+ words) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia no longer requires children to be at least eight years old to participate in the state’s special youth hunting seasons, a change taking on new relevance as the first youth black bear season of the fall…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1414+ words) “Where are the autumns of yesterday?” Hull asked in a 1970s essay appropriately titled “Yesterday’s Autumns.” He remembered little boys who “played so hard all day and slept so hard all night” and a childhood in which the future seemed to…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (857+ words) COWEN, W.Va. — Travelers can now spend the night 80 feet above a remote West Virginia forest, sleeping in a restored fire lookout for as little as $100 a night. The Red Oak Fire Lookout opened Tuesday for overnight stays in the Monongahela…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (771+ words) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — One of West Virginia’s most famous outlaw stories holds that members of the James Gang rode into Huntington in 1875, robbed a bank in broad daylight, and fled toward the mountains with thousands of dollars. The robbery certainly happened,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1128+ words) ALMA, W.Va. — When lightning struck one of the world’s most powerful gas wells in 1895, flames reportedly leaped 200 feet into the air, illuminating the rural countryside as crowds traveled to see what a Parkersburg newspaper described as a scene both “grand…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (759+ words) FORT GAY, W.Va. — A West Virginia high school that closed 13 years ago is being converted into apartments, offices and community space, giving a new purpose to a landmark that has stood in this small Wayne County town since 1931. Eight affordable…...

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, 23+ hour ago   (946+ words) POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Sheltered near where the Kanawha River empties into the Ohio, one of West Virginia’s most unusual surviving pieces of prehistoric art stands. Carved into a large stone is the outline of a four-legged creature with a long…...