Reservations Fill Fast At West Virginia State Parks
State parks and forests offer cabins and camping with many popular options already booked through summer. Blackwater Falls and Cacapon lead in cabin demand, while Kumbrabow Seneca and Greenbrier areas still show openings. Lodges and picnicking sites are also noted along with fishing and hiking spots across the system.
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Fanny Seiler
United Press International
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Natural Resources Department
Blackwater Falls State Park
Cacapon State Park
Kumbrabow
Seneca State Forests
Greenbrier State Forest
Cabwaylingo State Forest
Watoga State Park
Tygart Lake
Bluefield
Holly River State Park
Babcock
Lost River
Audra
Blackwater
Bluestone
Cedar Creek
Holly River
North Bend
Typart Lake
Watoga
Caffin Price
Cacapon
Hawks Nest
Mont Ceateau
Mont Chateau
Tomlinson Run
Watters Smith Memorial State Parks
Cabwaylingo
Greenbrier
Kanawha
Panther
Alvin Price State Forest
Cathedral
Droop Mountain Battlefield
Pinnacle Rock
Camp Creek
Hawks
Elk River
Williams River
Seneca Creek
Shavers Fork
South Branch
Potomac
New
Great Kanawha River
Gauley
Watters Smith Memorial
Calvin Price Forest
Sissonville Water Crisis Triggers Emergency Health Rules
West Virginia health officials issued emergency regulations to curb salt brine pollution of the Pocatalico River blamed on a Roane County oil operation. The rules bar discharges into Pocatalico waters and mandate rapid enforcement while Sissonville residents source water from alternate supplies or seek a Charleston interconnection. rules last up to nine days or until the crisis ends.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Sissonville
Kanawha County
State Board of Health
N. H. Dyer
Pocatalico River
Roane County
Roane
Dyer
Pocatalico
Sissonville Area
Alcohol Clinic Opens at Morris Harvey College
More than 100 attendees are expected for a week long summer school of alcohol studies on the Morris Harvey College campus. The Division of Alcoholism of the State Department of Mental Health sponsors the third annual session with keynote speaker Rep. G Elliott Hagan.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Morris Harvey College
Division of Alcoholism
State Department of Mental Health
Donald R. Dancy
G. Elliott Hagan
D-Ga
Congress
Hagan
County Clerk defers licenses pending Supreme Court ruling
Kanawha County Clerk Paul E. Wehrle says he will not issue interracial marriage licenses until he receives official notification of the Supreme Court ruling voiding the ban. He has asked Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson for a written opinion on how the ruling applies in West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Kanawha
Paul E. Wehrle
Supreme Court
Wehrle
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
West Virginia
Point Pleasant Resort sale still incomplete
Secretary of State Robert C. Bailey and six others bid 1 million dollars for the Pleasant Point resort at Point Pleasant West Virginia but federal bid acceptance details remain incomplete. The Auston Construction Co 450000 project payment and completion terms hinder final sale delaying reopening after about 14 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Robert C. Bailey
Pleasant Point
Point Pleasant
Bailey
Auston Construction Co
Ride on Cass Railroad No 5 A Cab Ride on Cass Scenic Shay
Writer rides Cass Scenic Railroad’s Shay No 5 with Engineer Leonard Long and Fireman Artie Barkley. The 12 mph incline climbs Back Allegheny Mountain past Bald Knob and Whittaker Station, with plunging cinders and coal smoke amid a 1968 season preview and reminiscence of Cass’s logging railroad heritage.
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Cass
W. Va
UPI
Pocahontas County
Leonard Long
Artie Barkley
Artie
Long
West Virginia
Cass Scenic Railroad
Allegheny Mountain
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Michigan
Ephriam Shay
North America
Leatherbark Creek
Whittaker Station
Highland County
Bald Knob
Baltimore
Barkley
Deer Creek
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Carnifex Ferry
Droop Mountain
Watters Smith
Cass Railroad
Shea No
Lloyd D. Lewis
Shay
Cass Mountain
Ee la Beant
Mian Ae
Morgantown Hospital Service, Inc
Medical
Citizens Building
Thorofare
Uae
SUN. Mon
Tues & Wed
Willey St
University Avenue
University Ave
Gbe
Robin Hood
Swift
Wilson's
Sugardale
Southern Star
U.S
Campfire
U.S. Govt
Thorofares
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