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FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in southern West Virginia is one of nine U.S. national parks with no admission fee,

Motorists lined up along a scenic road near Fayetteville, in southern West Virginia, to witness an encounter rarely observed in the forested mountains there.

Glenville State College and Gilmer County have announced the launch of the Little Kanawha Reading Series, a new Appalachian Heritage program designed to increase literary discourse and community in north-central West Virginia.

The details are obscure, but it's possible that one of the very first UFO sighting ever reported in the U.S. originated in West Virginia and was witnessed by a mayor.

If you were a young boy growing up in West Virginia prior to the 1980s, there's a chance your misbehaviors were met with the parental threat of banishment to Pruntytown. As locals know, it was a real place.

There was a time in the 1850s, soon after completion of the B&O Railroad, when passengers on that remarkable iron road would clamber to the windows to catch a glimpse of "Old Hundred."

West Virginia University astronomers have helped discover the most massive neutron star to date—a breakthrough uncovered through the Green Bank Telescope in Pocahontas County.

West Virginia University mining engineers are developing a method to create a self-supply of rare earth elements in the United States from coal waste.

An enigmatic stone face carved into mossy sandstone along the rim of the New River Gorge in West Virginia is attracting increased attention.

Motorists traveling the old Staunton Turnpike between Weston and Parkersburg in West Virginia are sure to have noticed the village of Burnt House and wondered about the name.

The term hillbilly was once a term of endearment in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1800s, though it later took on negative connotations.

Appalachian writer and former gubernatorial candidate Denise Giardina will portray late humorist "Minnie Pearl" at the Bramwell Interpretive Center at Bramwell, West Virginia, on Sept. 13.

West Virginia is experiencing an outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in the state’s white-tailed deer herd, according to the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia DNR.

Shepherd University has been ranked among the best colleges in the southeastern U.S. by The Princeton Review, which has ranked 656 colleges across five U.S. regions,

The ghost of Russian coal miner Big John was said to haunt the Federal No. 1 mine at Grant Town, West Virginia in Marion County.

Now open year-round to visitors seeking solace, the Rippling Waters Chapel at Romance, West Virginia (WV), continues to attract more visitors every year.