J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion executive order is prompting West Virginia State University to ...

Jayne Anne Phillips, Buckhannon native and 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner, will speak at the 2025 West Virginia Book Festival on ...

In 1921, coal miners in West Virginia took up arms in one of the largest labor uprisings in U.S. history. The Battle of Blair Mountain was a fight for workers' rights, fair wages, and freedom from ...

Content warning: This piece includes an account of an apparent suicide.

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago ...

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...

In a time that once made sense, the four schools on the West Coast in the Big Ten would ... the Ducks would play Oregon State in the Civil War and Washington would play Washington State in the ...

A strong oral tradition ties Lafayette’s visit to the Blue Ball Inn, on the Old York Road south of Shrewsbury. That tale of ...

It's a poignant moment for him to bring a dose of reality to the Super Bowl, even if the victorious "Not Like Us" makes a set list appearance, too. "Being human and surviving tough times" are central ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader ... Scott was elected to the Virginia state legislature in 2019 ...

There is evidence of some fraternal organizations that used to exist in Herndon’s early history, with one that still exists ...