2022-01-27 21:15
Nature has always been a key component of the mission at the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, West Virginia. With a nature trail, plant conservatory, and wheelchair-accessible sensory… Read More
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West Virginia Explorer is a guide to news and information regarding travel and recreation in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Established in 1999, the Wordpress-based guide includes more than 2,000 pages of information written by journalists, historians, and tourism-industry experts to help guarantee reliability. The guide is funded largely by advertising and contributions from state and local government agencies. The guide also features the work of photographers and photojournalists, the works of which are employed to complement its editorial and advertising content.
2022-01-27 17:20
Perhaps no county in West Virginia is as isolated as Webster County. Entirely mountainous, no expressway or U.S. highway ventures into it, and many densely forested sections haven't been exp… Read More
2022-01-27 00:00
Until just after the Civil War, large parts of the valley of the Ohio River in what's now West Virginia were controlled by pirates. Sparsely settled, these marauders in watercraft hid easily… Read More
2022-01-26 16:45
West Virginia's resident-only wild boar firearms season will be open in Boone, Logan, Raleigh, and Wyoming counties in southern West Virginia Feb. 4-6, 2022, according to officials at the W… Read More
2022-01-26 01:30
To see it now, a visitor might hardly guess the Ohio River at Parkersburg was a stretch of river that many boat captains feared. Long ago known as the "Graveyard of the Ohio," it was co… Read More
2022-01-24 01:40
You might have heard that black bears are increasing in population in West Virginia. What should you do if you see one when you're hiking in the woods? Do you need to be concerned? The bear… Read More
2022-01-22 22:15
High above the ghost town of Thurmond, West Virginia, the frowning stone profile of a man silently watches over the New River Gorge, as it has since 1901. Blasted by chance during the constr… Read More
2022-01-22 00:59
The Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative continues to build momentum one year after the couple’s transformational $25 million gift to West Virginia University… Read More
2022-01-21 16:20
The Allegheny Mountains in eastern West Virginia grow treacherous in winter—and hardly more so than along the western front of that range, which bears the brunt of blizzards off the Mo… Read More
2022-01-21 01:10
Tales of hidden treasure appear throughout the annals of West Virginia history. Legends of hoards buried by prehistoric peoples, retreating soldiers, and reclusive misers could fill a book… Read More
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