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Appalachia and coal miner advocacy groups celebrated that dozens of MSHA offices that were scheduled to close will now remain open.

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

In the 1890s, the Bighorns were a vast, rugged territory with few roads beyond wagon pathways. While horses and oxen could ...

Judy Slack, a local historian and the vice president of the Big Horn City Historical Society, said building a city on the top of Bald Mountain — a peak more ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so much of the world ...

Located between Winkelman and Superior along scenic Highway 177, the Ray mine has a history dating back 140 years. The Ray Mining District, also known as the Mineral Creek Mining District ...

Berkeley Springs State Park sits right in the heart of town—the only state park in West Virginia located within a town’s boundaries. What appears at first glance to be a pleasant town square actually ...

The full West Virginia routing of the Coalfields Expressway will take the new four-lane corridor from Welch in McDowell ...