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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Paranormal Trail Draws Visitors To W.Va. With Spooky Attractions
Don’t look now, but West Virginia’s new Paranormal Trail just got a little bigger – and a lot spookier. In the two weeks since the West Virginia Division of Tourism launched its new ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPierogies, Flat Five Studio And Bigfoot, Inside Appalachia
This week on Inside Appalachia, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies every week. Also, Salem, Virginia's Flat Five Studio got its first big break when the Dave Matthews Band was searching for a quiet place to record its first album. And, a longtime Bigfoot hunter believes his first encounter with the mythical monster happened when he was a kid.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Budget Surplus, A Coming Special Session And COVID-19 Cases Rise, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, Gov. Jim Justice made multiple announcements during a Monday event. The governor said West Virginia residents could soon see their income taxes go down further because the state collected $826 million more in revenue than had been budgeted for this fiscal year.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBigfoot Festival Draws Thousands To Sutton
This past weekend the town of Sutton, population 840, hosted about 20,000 people for its annual Bigfoot Festival. It was a celebration of a mythical giant primate with large feet.
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Chasing Bigfoot And Campus Carry, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, roughly 20,000 people traveled to Braxton County for an annual Bigfoot Festival hosted in the small town of Sutton. One of them was Reporter Briana Heaney, who spoke to festival goers about the annual celebration of cryptids.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew W.Va. Bigfoot Museum Highlights A Local Take On The Mountain State’s Sasquatch
Central West Virginia has a new monster museum which pays tribute to Bigfoot, and what could be lurking in West Virginia’s forests.
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