W.Va. trail projects getting federal help

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The National Park Service is helping local communities implement more than 200 natural resource and recreational projects, including some in West Virginia. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the partnerships with the agenc...

Fair brought $13.8 million into the state

The State Fair of West Virginia Inc. said a study shows the 2011 fair, which spanned nine days, generated a $13.8 million economic impact. According to the study by Enigma Research Corp., the economic impact derived from the fair equated to the creati...

McKay Jenkins: A National Park in West Virginia?

With coal-fired power plants serving as the very face of global warming, the time seems ripe to find a more benign source of jobs and revenue for West Virginia.

WV Lottery celebrates 26th birthday today

The West Virginia Lottery turned 26 years old Monday.

Virginia Wine Tourism to Boom in 2012

Virginia is the "Old Dominion" and the "Mother of Presidents" - a state known for its historic battlefields, rolling hills, and politically-minded Washington commuters. But in the last two decades, the state has grown a reputation for something altogether different: fine wine.

Coal country has tourism potential in West Virginia

Doug Estepp, left, as he talks about the assassination of Matewan Chief of Police Sid Hatfield and his friend Ed Chamber in front of the McDowell County Courthouse during a Coal Country tour in Welch, W. Va. Some of the bloodiest and most important moments in the American labor movement happened in the coalfields of southern West Virginia.

State ACLU says Harrison County shouldnt fund Jesus Fest

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. -- The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia says the Harrison County Commission is violating the U.S. Constitution by providing funding to an annual Christian festival. Media outlets report that Franklin Crabtree, executive dir...

Does West Virginia Coal Country Have Tourism Potential?

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Some of the bloodiest and most important moments in the American labor movement happened in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. But most who live beyond its rugged mountains, and even many who live in them, don't know the stories.

Guide: Coal country has tourism potential in W.Va.

Some of the bloodiest and most important moments in the American labor movement happened in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. But most who live beyond its rugged mountains, and even many who live in them, don't know the stories.

Who will buy unused spectrum.

AT&Ts decision to hang up its effort to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion leaves a big unanswered question in West Virginias wireless market: Who will buy T-Mobiles West Virginia spectrum. In March AT&T announced plans to buy T-Mobile USA from Germa...