The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum announced that the staff at the institution has unionized, becoming an official part of ...

Despite its official government recognition in 1975, scholars say Black History Month started decades earlier with the work ...

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Dec. 21, 1798: Wood County was ...

After Grant was voted in to succeed Johnson, he appointed Longstreet as the surveyor of customs for New Orleans. Governor ...

"State of Our Union" exhibitions at the Griffin Museum of Photography bring expectation-defying images of the border wall, ...

Program recognizes more than 800 locations in the U.S. and Canada with connections to the Underground Railroad. Brown was the ...

In 1812, Spanish officials in Havana, searching the house of a man named José Antonio Aponte, discovered a wooden box hidden in a clothing trunk, opened it, and were stunned by what they found inside.

On Monday, Jan. 19, Florida honors two historic figures with very different goals: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - As Virginia honors the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, 29News is highlighting the parts of our viewing area that make up the fabric of this ...

In the North West a total of 310 people of different nationalities were rescued and supported in safe houses and outreach services run by The Salvation Army with its partners but thousands more are ...

As communities across the nation observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a new blog post from the West Virginia and Regional ...