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Mountain State Destinations: Matewan
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMATEWAN, WV (WVNS) — Many locations in West Virginia are filled with historical significance around every country road. However, some have a darker,...
Former Wilmington resident's latest book chronicles 'Rednecks' in West Virginia
Star News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFormer Wilmington resident Taylor Brown takes the long view of things. His first novel, "Fallen...
This week in West Virginia history
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 19—CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at wvencyclopedia.org. May 21, 1853: William ...
A history of Black coal miners in W.Va. is worth digging into, museum says
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 22—In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a whisper of morning fog, it's not just the tale. It's the person ...
Coal miners plead with feds for stronger enforcement during emotional hearing on black lung rule
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoLaboring to breathe, West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly told federal regulators Thursday he is...
Son of WVa helicopter crash victim files wrongful death suit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe son of a man who died in a June helicopter crash in West Virginia that killed six people has...
"Coal" to return to the stage Aug. 11
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 23—"Coal," produced by The Aracoma Story Inc., will return to the stage Aug. 11 in Chief Logan State Park. An award-winning, two-act drama, "Coal" is inspired by true events. Written by ...
W.Va. Week in History - Baldwin-Felts
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 31—The Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency played a controversial role in the early years of the coal industry of southern West Virginia, enforcing public law in the coalfields at the direction ...
Anniversary approaches for swearing in of first West Virginia state trooper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 23—PRINCETON — More than 100 years ago this week, a World War I veteran and Mercer County native took an oath which made him the first member of a new statewide law enforcement agency which ...
Pine Mountain fracas shows rural Kentuckians must fight for each other, not against | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOpEd: The attack on an artists retreat at Pine Mountain Settlement School are among other attempts...