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Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV:...

By Bill Nestor It's that time once again as golf season is in full swing. Our first installment of "tee...

By Estella Farnsworth On June 16 2025 the Stonewood CEOS met at the Congregational Missionary Church fellowship hall. The meeting...

From USDA NASS Commercial red meat production in West Virginia during May 2025 totaled 600,000 pounds. This was down 19...

Gassaway, WV – June 19, 2025 – Mountaineer Food Bank is proud to announce it has been awarded a $15,000...

“With the inception of streetcar transportation into Shinnston the previous autumn, the Fourth of July in 1907 was an extra...

By Stephen Smoot "He gave to me a gift I know/ I never can repay." These words come from Dan...

By Stephen Smoot "Heavenly Father," began Commissioner Patsy Trecost in his invocation to open the Harrison County Commission meeting, "only...

By Jim Hunt for theNews and Journal By Jim Hunt for the News and Journal Like many people, I'm tired...