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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Slice of NY Squared WV took home two awards Saturday during the second annual Taste of Harrison County, a one-day downtown Clarksburg event organized by the Clarksburg History Museum. The restaurant was voted Best Sandwich and Best Pizza as local food businesses competed across six
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is preparing to launch a new nuclear engineering pathway beginning in 2027, giving students across several engineering disciplines an opportunity to develop specialized skills for careers in the nuclear industry. The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources plans to introduce a
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – Bernard “Bernie” Fazzini Sr., a longtime Harrison County public servant whose career stretched from the Clarksburg Fire Department to county government and eventually to representing West Virginia counties on the national level, has died at the age of 79. Fazzini died Tuesday, Sept. 29, at J.W.
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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — A West Virginia Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter will be among the highlights Saturday as Girls in Aviation Day returns to North Central West Virginia Airport for its fifth year. The free event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct.
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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — A major expansion of aviation workforce training in North Central West Virginia is officially moving forward after Pierpont Community & Technical College broke ground Wednesday on a new aviation maintenance education facility at the West Virginia AeroTech Park. The approximately 65,000-square-foot facility near North
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SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — A West Virginia woman walked away a winner on “Wheel of Fortune,” taking home more than $66,000 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Thailand. Sissonville native Autumn Collette appeared on the nationally televised game show Monday, winning the main game before advancing to the
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KINGWOOD, W.Va. — One of West Virginia’s best-known fall traditions brought thousands of visitors, families and community groups to Kingwood as the 84th Preston County Buckwheat Festival filled the city with parades, livestock competitions, carnival rides and plenty of buckwheat cakes. The five-day festival ran Sept. 23
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Republican Party has launched a public campaign urging voters to support Amendment 1 this November, releasing new “Yes on 1” material centered on adding an explicit U.S. citizenship requirement for voting to the West Virginia Constitution. The party’s campaign graphic carries the
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Harrison County is heading into a busy fall weekend, with a major country concert, multiple family festivals, an aviation expo and the annual Clarksburg Winterfest Pageant all scheduled over the next several days. The weekend gets an early start Thursday night when 1990s country group Little Texas
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Local farmers, makers and small businesses will come together in downtown Clarksburg next week as Pierpont Community & Technical College hosts a Fall Harvest Farmers Market. The market is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pierpont’s Gaston
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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — A new hospital is set to begin serving patients in Harrison County next week following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at Charles Pointe Crossing. Vandalia Health officially celebrated the opening of its new Mon Harrison Neighborhood Hospital, a $30 million, approximately 38,000-square-foot facility built
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s tourism economy reached another all-time high in 2025, generating a record $9.4 billion in economic impact as more visitors traveled to and spent money across the Mountain State. New figures released Monday show West Virginia welcomed 78.4 million visitors during 2025,