Pipestem News

"Geology! Rocks" this summer at West Virginia state parks and forests with special programs presented at ten areas by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey.

Make way for the Super Jolly Green Giant in West Virginia this week, and it's not coming to scoop any peas out of anyone's fertile ground.

West Virginia's 35 State Parks will be open for the Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional start of the summer vacation season.

National Trails Day events are scheduled at West Virginia State Parks , Saturday, June 7. National Trails Day is sponsored by the American Hiking Society.

“We are very excited. I heard he (President Clinton) was running late in one of the other places. But it's still worth the wait.”

It's not everyday that a former president comes to town. For a crowd of several hundred citizens who jammed the Carter Center Gym at Concord University Thursday, the event was also somewhat of a historic ... via Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Thumbs up ... to Bob Huggins, who guided West Virginia to a 26-11 record in his first season, for being selected by state sports writers as College Coach of the Year for 2007-08. Thumbs up ... to Nancy ... via Register-herald.com

“It (the trail system) has just grown and expanded like nobody's business”

A real trend for Americans in recent years has been to take vacations closer to home, Southern West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau President and CEO Doug Maddy says. via The Reporter

Young Kralovic decided Wheeling was the place to be after hearing John Denver describe West Virginia as - - Almost Heaven'' in - - Take Me Home, Country Roads.'' She left her native Korea for the city in 1976. via The Intelligencer

“I think everyone should get out and vote”

When Irma Mae Powell was born Aug. 17, 1908, women were prohibited from voting in the United States. via Register-herald.com

“It was a perfect sign, because as it happened, I was just hired as the 4-H Program Assistant with the Tyler County WVU Extension Service.”

Lisa Summers wasn't looking for a sign Tyler County had been the right choice for her, but she received one anyway. via Tyler Star News

A former Middlebourne man was given his original sentence in Tyler County Circuit Court March 10 after failing to complete his prescribed stay at the Anthony Center for Youthful Offenders. via Tyler Star News

“Any kind of additional funding we can receive to improve the quality of our programs and maintain them is welcome”

Addicts desperate to finance their drug habits often break into homes, steal from their relatives and even risk electrocution in order to steal copper wire from power stations. via Bluefield Daily Telegraph

“The ground was just barely covered”

Snow roared into southern West Virginia Wednesday, but for most residents and emergency responders, that roar was more like a kitten's meow. via Register-herald.com

Head underground to the only micro-theater in West Virginia Bryson Van Nostrand studied architecture in college and its relation to film. via WCHS-TV Charleston

“We want to make sure we can make it work before we jump in and buy it”

' With City Council members seeking to spend as much as $8 million in tax increment financing revenue to redevelop downtown Wheeling, members also will soon learn if the city will be granted the right to home ... via The Intelligencer

A Morgantown landlord who sexually harassed tenants must pay $175,000. Gary Walden also is barred from contacting the tenants for eight years under terms of a settlement reached this week in a lawsuit filed in ... via WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 ; 06:00 PM Updated Monday, February 11, 2008 ; 07:26 PM Watch Story Video The 4C Economic Development Authority is trying to get more people to spend money in our area. via WVNS-TV Ghent

“Originally it started as a way to reduce the amount of traveling by our parks staff to gift buying shows”

Pipestem Resort State Park in Summers County will sponsor a trade show for gift and souvenir buyers Monday through Wednesday, February 4-6. An annual tradition, the trade show brings vendors and gift shop ... via West Virginia Division of Natural Res...

Chip Turner of Appalachian Glass talks to other vendors at the Gift Buyers Marketplace trade show Monday as he shows off his glass work at Pipestem Resort State Park. via Register-herald.com

Jeff Miller of Wheeling Elks Lodge No. 28, the current president of the West Virginia Elks Association, will make his official visit to the Wheeling Elks on Feb. via The Intelligencer