Before West Virginia was its own state, a Congressman from Massachusetts travelled to Wayne County with dreams of building a ...

Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the official and final end to slavery in America, falls on Thursday, June 19th this year.

Governor Patrick Morrisey’s office says the governor will not be giving state employees the day off for Juneteenth.

Governor Patrick Morrisey's office says the governor will not be giving state employees the day off for Juneteenth.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s (R) office says he will not be giving state employees the day off for Juneteenth. When asked by 12 ...

In Denver, for example, more than a dozen companies backed out of supporting the Juneteenth Music Festival, which is one of ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Multicultural Festival will be held June 20-22 in a new location for this year. Due to construction at City Park, this year’s festival will be held across the river at Civitan Park in ...

There are 11 Civil War veterans buried in the Anti-slavery Friends Cemetery at Asa Bales Park in Westfield. On June 21 at 10 ...

Since 1863, West Virginians have celebrated June 20 as independence day for the state and its people. West Virginia broke free of a Commonwealth of Virginia government that spent decades prioritizing ...

One or more families of African American slaves posed in front of a wooden house on Dr. William F. Gaines' plantation in Hanover County, Virginia ... in the West. The author begins with the ...

Regular readers of this column probably weren’t surprised by Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s outburst this week regarding the poor condition of state roads and bridges – despite a $2.8 billion "Roads ...

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