West Virginia Explorer

SNOWSHOE, W.Va. — Officials at Snowshoe Mountain, in Pocahontas County, have unveiled the resort complex’s 2026 summer events calendar, highlighted by the launch of its new “Ballhooter Festival,” a new three-day mountaintop

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Memorial Day weekend this year is expected to bring record travel across the U.S., and West Virginia officials, tourism businesses, and travelers are preparing for crowded highways, full campgrounds, and busy outdoor destinations.

The American Automobile Association (AAA) projects that 45 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home during ...

ROMNEY, W.Va. — Mourning dove hunters no longer need to apply for a limited permit to hunt at the South Branch Wildlife Management Area in Hardy and Hampshire counties. They will now be able to hunt doves in two fields in the Stonewall Jackson Wildlife Management Area in

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — If carefully managed, Appalachian medicinal plants and edibles can help support rural economies and preserve centuries of traditional knowledge, says a West Virginia University professor.

Kirsten Stephan, program coordinator of forestry at the university, says nature has conspir...

MARLINTON, W.Va. — John Terry, of Gallagher, in Kanawha County, set a new state record for tiger trout on March 19 by catching a 29.13-inch, 11.04-pound tiger trout from Seneca Lake in Pocahontas County.

The trophy catch surpasses the pr...