J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

In 1921, coal miners in West Virginia took up arms in one of the largest labor uprisings in U.S. history. The Battle of Blair Mountain was a fight for workers' rights, fair wages, and freedom from ...

Trade wars are not necessarily good or easy to win, a West Virginia farmer told the U.S ... today and fielded several questions about how American farmers could be affected by ramped up trade ...

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion executive order is prompting West Virginia State University to ...

Trump on a trade war that was scheduled to begin ... Policy and Government at George Mason University, Virginia’s farmers might be hit the hardest. During the first Trump administration, the United ...

There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and three Army soldiers in the helicopter, according to officials. Here's a look ...

While most people associate secession with Civil War history, the idea of disuniting the United States has crept into ... 48 counties in the western part of Virginia seceded from the Old Dominion ...

It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War in 1863. The Legislature convenes in the State Capitol ...

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...

Up north in Oregon, the Ducks would play Oregon State in the Civil War and Washington ... not just benefit the West Coast, Penn State could play either Pitt or West Virginia if the conference ...