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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ChalleNGe Academy Grad Receives Nominations To West Point
A graduate of the West Virginia National Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy-South has received two nominations to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSeptember 14, 1862: Union General Jesse Reno Killed at South Mountain
On September 14, 1862, General Jesse Lee Reno was killed during the Battle of South Mountain in Maryland. The Wheeling native was the highest-ranking…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJune 22, 1865: Gen. Joseph Lightburn Resigns
On June 22, 1865, two months after Civil War hostilities ended, General Joseph A. J. Lightburn resigned from the U.S. Army, ending his military…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsManchin to Nominate 40 Students for U.S. Service Academies
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says he'll nominate 40? West Virginia students from 17 counties to the U.S. service academies after reviewing recommendations by a…
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