The Virginia General Assembly acted on Dec. 31, 1776, to name an area spanning west of the Big Sandy River, terminating at ...

Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during the Civil War and played a key role as a border state. NPR Stations ...

A string of deadly floods across central Appalachia in early 2025 has highlighted a dangerous truth: millions of residents in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee face growing flood risk while ...