New River Gorge National Park Wins Coveted Travel Ranking
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve has been listed as the nation's top underrated travel destination by U.S. News and World Report.
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Woody Williams Statue Approved For Capitol
The statue of Williams will replace one of John Kenna, a Confederate veteran who represented West Virginia in the U.S. House and Senate.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Mom to be Charged in Abduction Tale
A woman will be criminally charged for falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall, a police…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCharge to be Dropped Against Man in W.Va. Abduction Case
A charge is being dismissed against a man who was arrested after a woman told police in West Virginia that he tried to abduct her young daughter but later…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMom Changes Abduction Tale, Says Man May Have Just Been Nice
A sensational case of an attempted child kidnapping in a West Virginia shopping mall may have been nothing more than a man being friendly to a little…
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August 22, 1862: Jenkins Begins Raiding Western Virginia
On August 22, 1862, newly appointed Confederate Brigadier General Albert Gallatin Jenkins began a raid through Western Virginia. It was in response to a…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJune 21, 1849: Cabell County Plantation Owner Sampson Sanders Dies
Plantation owner Sampson Sanders died on June 21, 1849, at age 62, and was buried near Milton. At the time, Sanders, who is sometimes referred to as…
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