The coal industry helped build West Virginia. It shaped its economy and culture. In their heyday, coal towns bustled with activity. One such town is Thurmond, which is located in a deep gorge and ...

A Boomtown at Its Peak By 1910, Thurmond had become the chief railroad center on the C&O Railway mainline, generating more revenue than Cincinnati and Richmond combined. The town’s depot served ...

The city and Army Corps of Engineers updated City Council last week about the massive effort to protect Norfolk from major ...

As a little known company has proposed a data center and natural gas plant in Tucker County — known for its natural wonder ...

Mountain Mike’s Pizza, a California-based pizza chain, will open its first locations in Virginia, the second East Coast market for the fast-growing chain.

Two border collies have a full-time job keeping birds and other wildlife off the runway at West Virginia's busiest airport.

MINERAL WELLS — West Virginia Motor Speedway, a premier venue of dirt track racing in West Virginia, proudly welcomes a new owner. Goldvein, VA’s, Mike & Becky Hurley have finalized plans to purchase ...

West Virginia utility infielder Sam White (11) is greeted by first baseman Grant Hussey (9) at the plate in the fourth inning against Texas Tech / Christopher Hall - West Virginia on S The West ...

Beating them twice was, for the Red Raiders, the high spot in a rough season. Now No. 13 West Virginia is atop the power rankings, and the Red Raiders will try to take down the Mountaineers ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton faces a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence following her arrest in her West Virginia hometown. Fairmont police ...

The West Virginia Mountaineers are throwing things back to a former era this offseason, in more ways than one. The Mountaineers got the blasts from the past started a few months back, when they ...

A winter storm warning issued for the Western Virginia is in place until ... Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia. 'It may be the heaviest snowfall in at least a decade' The storm began sweeping ...