To help promote boating safety, state officials are reminding boaters about the importance of wearing life jackets.

Nearly half of newcomers moving to West Virginia—46%—arrived as homeowners, indicating many are making long-term moves rather ...

West Virginia is among the best known destinations for recreation in the eastern U.S. Millions of visitors annually venture into its mountains and valleys to hike and bike, cave and climb, fish and ...

The levels of Greenbrier County extend south from near Renick toward Greenbrier Mountain. Greenbrier County, located in southeastern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1772 from parts of ...

Wirt County, in northwestern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1848 and named for Maryland statesman William Wirt. Its county seat is at Elizabeth, on the Little Kanawha River, which flows across ...

Summers County, in southern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1871 and named in honor of George W. Summers, a prominent jurist of Kanawha County. Its county seat is at Hinton. The New, Bluestone, ...

Upshur County, in northeastern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1851 and named in honor of jurist and statesman Abel Parker Upshur. Its county seat is Buckhannon, the largest municipality in the ...

Pasture in the Tygart Valley in southern Randolph County, West Virginia Randolph County, in eastern West Virginia (WV), is the largest county in West Virginia. It was created from Harrison County in ...

Putnam County, in western West Virginia (WV), was created in 1848 from parts of Cabell, Mason, and Kanawha counties. Although somewhat removed from the state’s mountain counties, it is revered as one ...

Courthouse in Brooke County, West Virginia Brooke County, in the northern panhandle of West Virginia (WV), was created in 1797 and named for Virginia governor Robert Brooke. Its county seat is at ...

Spring arrives on the lower Mud River in Cabell County, West Virginia, near Howell’s Mill.

Webster County, in east-central West Virginia (WV), was created in 1860 and named in honor of statesman and orator Daniel Webster. Its county seat is on the Elk River at Addison, also known as Webster ...