FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The 35th annual West Virginia Three Rivers Festival opened in style with a grand parade through Fairmont Thursday night, ending in Palatine Park where the efforts of the Marion County Commission to revitalize the park and the riverfront were on display for the crowds that gathered. But[Read More…]
Photos
Photos provided by the West Virginia Press Association and member newspapers. They are available for use in print and online by WVPA member newspapers.
Rainelle a favorite spot along ‘Run For the Wall’
RAINELLE, W.Va. — “Welcome home!” That was the greeting extended by L.Z. Rainelle organizer Monica Venable to hundreds of veterans who gathered, along with their families and friends, on the dusty ballfield at Rainelle Elementary School Thursday afternoon. Honoring what has long been a pre-Memorial Day holiday tradition, motorcycle-riding veterans[Read More…]
Celebration in the air
Click here for more.
Blenko crafts 2014 W.Va. birthday piece
MILTON, W.Va. — West Virginia was forged under fire nearly 151 years ago, and glass workers in one of the state’s last bastions of artisan craftsmanship mark its birthday forging in a fire of their own. Work on the 2014 West Virginia Birthday piece, Sunrise over Appalachia, began earlier this[Read More…]
Birds turn hornets’ nest into their own
SPEEDWAY, W.Va. — A once dangerous hornets’ nest has been turned into a friendly habitat for a nest of birds. Shannon Dunn, of Speedway, noticed the large hornets’ nest a couple years ago near her children play set. “We had to kill the hornets’ nest because it was so close[Read More…]
And they’re off!
Click here for more.
Man catches very big goldfish in Nitro lake
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tom Lincoln rarely gets the chance to go fishing, but when he does he reels them in big. Lincoln, 63, of Scott Depot, caught a giant goldfish Thursday morning at Ridenour Lake in Nitro. The carp measured 25 inches long and 24 inches around. He said he[Read More…]
Busy bee season
Click here for more.
Residents line up at Jim’s for strawberry pie
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Jim’s Steak and Spaghetti House is always bustling on Tuesday, but this week, the landmark 5th Avenue restaurant had a line out the door. Dozens gathered outside the restaurant just before 11 a.m. Tuesday as the restaurant kicked off Strawberry Pie Week. Jimmie Carder, general manager, said[Read More…]
Spelunkers explore sinkhole under Ranson street
RANSON, W.Va. — While the opening of a sinkhole on Fifth Avenue in Ranson barely looks large enough for a person to enter, underneath the street is a cavernous void spacious enough to hold several. The street remains closed after the sinkhole was discovered May 5. While the West Virginia[Read More…]
