The Columbia County Department of Social Services in Hudson. The county announced Wednesday the department's commissioner has resigned. HUDSON — Bob Gibson, who led the Columbia County Department of Social Services for nearly a decade, recently abruptly left his position. Columbia…
West Virginia State Capitol CLARKSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Clarksburg City Manager Tiffany Fell has been fined $2,000 and publicly reprimanded after admitting to violating the West Virginia Governmental Ethics Act by bringing her infant child to work, where city employees helped provide…
Presented by the WV Humanities Council, Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Nov. 8, 1936: It’s Wheeling Steel, a half-hour musical…
Mountain Readers 2026 has concluded! Please fill out our volunteer post-survey. Nominate an exceptional West Virginia K-12 teacher today! Appalachia is full of ancient cave systems. Some are so deep nobody’s sure where they begin or end. For Inside Appalachia, Folkways Reporter…
MARIETTA - The Sons of the American Revolution held a Fort Harmar 241st Anniversary observance Thursday morning in Marietta. "This is just our way of keeping history alive," Yost said. The event also featured a “Post the Color” ceremony by the Marietta…
West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey is sworn into office on Jan. 13, 2025. (West Virginia Legislature/Perry Bennett) A U.S. District Court judge granted a restraining order Oct. 29 against West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, temporarily blocking him from investigating several environmental…
Service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct a dignified transfer of unknown remains associated with the USS Arizona at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Nov. 2, 2026. (Kathy Duran/U.S. Air Force) By WYATT OLSON STARS AND…
The Nevada County Library's Local Author Showcase will be held on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, at the Madelyn Helling Branch. This free, all-ages event will feature live music, food from Grejedas Mexican Grill, and up to 50 diverse Nevada County authors who will…
The first thing you notice is the eyes, the uncertainty, the exhaustion. The next thing you notice is the history, the way every past holds layers. Nothing is new, but everything looks unsettled. Still, as ugly as it sounds, glimmers…
Model war planes and ceramic bowls are displayed at an estate sale in the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston on Nov. 4, 2026. After work on Wednesday, Gazette-Mail reporter Sara Oppenheimer, visual journalist Laura Bilson and I headed to Kanawha City for…
Stories and sites tied to West Virginia's Civil War-era history.
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