Shepherdstown, West Virginia is that kind of place – a town so charming it could easily double as Stars Hollow. Tucked away in the Eastern Panhandle where the Potomac River lazily winds its way ...

Arts & Education at the Hoyt is unveiling three compelling photography exhibitions in the Main Galleries that examine abandoned or deteriorated spaces, not as remnants of the past but as ...

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim dashed from building to building, desperate for places to hide. He ran through streets littered with bodies. Around him, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur ...

JD Belcher hosts a popular Appalachia-centered podcast. He upset his audience recently by getting political on Facebook.

The retail world isn’t just changing—it’s crumbling for some of the biggest names in the game. Once-packed stores are turning ...

Officials with the West Virginia Department of Health and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection say ...

We’re digging into the 20 ugliest states in America to see why they don’t quite shine. If you’ve seen a state where strip ...

Here’s a look at your latest update from the West Virginia State Capitol. The capitol was a ghost town Monday because only a few weathered the roads following an ice ...

From their home on Charleston’s, West Virginia's West Side, Tina and Matt Glaspey watched the house on the corner of First Avenue and Fitzgerald Street go downhill fast. A family with a young daughter ...

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

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