Quilt Festival Set For September
The 2026 West Virginia Quilt Festival will bring quilters from across the state and beyond to the Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley Sept. 17 to Sept. 19.
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West Virginia officials said work to widen a section of a turnpike is expected to start in a few months and continue for years, courtesy of $800 million in general obligation bonds.
The Register-Herald reports work is expected to begin in July and will widen the 8-mile section of the turnpike from the Interstate 64 split to U.S. 19 in Beckley.
State Department of Transportation Secretary Tom Smith said the project will cost about $80 million and last about two years.
Smith said another general obligation project he expects to start work soon is the Bridge to Nowhere in Mercer County.