An increasing number of new West Virginia residents are being drawn to its rolling hills and quiet valleys to escape brightly lit cities and reclaim the enchantment of ...

Water Stone Outdoors Fayetteville, WV 25840 Phone 304-574-2425 Water Stone Outdoors has been selling quality climbing and outdoor gear in the New River Gorge region since 1994 and offers one of the ...

Kenova, WV (West Virginia), on the Ohio River in Wayne County, was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1894. At the corner of Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, its name is a portmanteau of Ohio, ...

Ridgeley, West Virginia (WV), is a community in Mineral County on the North Branch of the Potomac River opposite Cumberland, Maryland. Ridgeley takes its name from its situation around the nose of ...

The Walkersville Covered Bridge at Walkersville, West Virginia, in Lewis County, spans the right fork of the West Fork River and is a 39-foot-long queen-post truss. The bridge was built by John G.

The Fairmont Coal Field is the name used to describe a coal-producing section of West Virginia that includes the following counties, in whole or in part: Monongalia, Marion, Preston, Taylor, Barbour, ...

Bethany, WV (West Virginia), a community in southern Brooke County, was chartered in 1853 and named for the revered village in Palestine. It is notably the home of Alexander Campbell, founder of the ...

Chesapeake, WV (West Virginia), is a small urban community on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County near Charleston, West Virginia. Its population was 1,336 at the 2020 census. Established in the level ...

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Whether you believe in ghosts, it’s a fact that a ghost enters the lawbooks in West Virginia. The account of the “Greenbrier Ghost,” as the specter of the late Zona Heaster Shue ...

Few hills and hollers in West Virginia exist without a ghost around to haunt them. Mountaineers love their lore and find plenty of places for restless spirits to walk. Many such tales are based on ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia officials have launched the West “FURginia” State Park Ranger program, a pet-friendly initiative designed to help park guests and their dogs explore the Mountain ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A lesser-known encounter with an extraordinary Mountain State cryptid is still capturing the imagination of West Virginians a half century later. On a warm July day in 1968, in the ...