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Memorable photographs from around Harrison County Hope Gas Company facility in Bridgeport. Year unknown. Photo courtesy of WVU Libraries

Mothers selflessly devote themselves to their children from infancy into adulthood. A mother's love never wanes, and she's always ready...

Taken in Greenhouse #1 at Bice's in Enterprise, Becky Reger is shown picking sweet peas in 1943. How many readers...

Bill Ruoff and Jim Hunt By Jim Hunt for the News and Journal As a writer, one of the challenges...

By Stephen Smoot "It is the policy of the United States that coal is essential to our national and economic...

Description from E-WV Writer Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869 - June 23, 1930) was born in Harrison County. He...

FROM AROUND HARRISON COUNTY The Shinnston News provides a calendar of events free of charge to churches and nonprofit organizations....

CLARKSBURG, WV — The City Parks of Clarksburg is thrilled to announce an unforgettable night of music as DMTB –...

from L'Osservatore Romano Sister Ivančica Fulir, a missionary in Benin, explains the importance of telling the stories of Catholic missionaries...

Charleston, W.Va. – Today, the West Virginia Legislature passed HB 2014, the Power Generation and Consumption Act. In response, Governor...