The Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia in Beckley is partnering with the West Virginia Humanities Council for a special ...

An interactive history program will bring the story of World War II Army nurse and prisoner of war Ruby Bradley to Beckley this weekend. The presentation is part of the West Virginia ...

The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a former maximum-security prison that once held far more inmates than it was built for, continues to draw thousands of vis ...

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Nov. 16, 1734: Samuel Washington ...

(Editor’s note: Portions of this commentary appeared in a previous commentary from November, 2023.) Today is the 64 th anniversary of the most famous Primary Election in West Virginia history. It was ...

Historian Otis Kermit Rice (June 6, 1919-September 22, 2003) was born in Hugheston, Kanawha County. He earned undergraduate degrees at Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston), an M.A. in ...