west virginia

Pennsylvania’s latest national rankings are not just embarrassing — they’re a policy indictment. But for Republicans, they also offer something else: ...

HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. — Nestled along two converging rivers, with the Blue Ridge Mountains’ precipitous cliffs offering a backdrop, Harpers Ferry has ...

Bootstrapping economic growth has a certain appeal. It’s decentralized with many actors pursuing their own ends – plant 1,000 seeds and let the flower...

A new teacher incentive program in West Virginia is offering a lot more than a job and some extra cash: The program offers community. It’s the latest ...

Due to The Era’s 11 p.m. deadline, the final scores of Thursday evening’s Penn State/Purdue and West Virginia/Pittsburgh football games were not avail...

{p class=”krtHeadline”}PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Thousands of people from neighboring states may come to Pennsylvania to terminate their pregnancies if a f...

FATHERS: We honor and celebrate our fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers as well as all of the father figures in our lives every year when the th...

Since everyone’s doing the 10-year challenge ... it’s time for a minimum wage makeover The latest social media craze is the “10-year challenge,” which...

As the Senate returns to work and faces a fistful of thorny issues — from upgrading infrastructure to upholding voting rights — the ghost of a man nam...

The fishing was quite good this year, the weather fairly cooperative and my early mornings were spent in pursuit of the wily trout. On occasion as I s...

Sen. Joe Manchin, the self-styled conservative Democrat from West Virginia, is driving progressives crazy — and he doesn’t seem to mind. Manchin says ...

I can vividly remember my first trip to the Twin Tiers back in 2019. Without visiting beforehand or knowing a single person in the area, I had accepte...

Speaking of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination record thus far, Gov. Tom Wolf got one thing right: The rollout has not been good enough. It has not been...

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — It's been a while since the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources had a specific biologist whose main focus is on upland bi...

Things will work out the way they’re supposed to. Those words were echoed by my girlfriend, Becky, just about every day during the spring and summer a...

COLD CASE : It was May 8, 1938, the day Marjory West went missing in Marshburg. On May 9, 1938, The Era headline read, “Bradford child lost in woods.”...

If you’re at a game in the area and see a car with West Virginia plates or hear a guy with a funny accent, you’re likely around me, Joel Whetzel, so p...

KANE — The deadline to register for the Oct. 11 Roach-Bauer forestry forum is approaching. Reservations are required; no reservations will be accepted...

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The 18th annual Opening Hearts for Make-A-Wish Motorcycle Charity Run and Auction will be held July 7 at the Emporium Vets Club. The ev...

A West Virginia man has been acquitted of allegations of rape after a three-day trial in McKean County Court. Juan Luis Hernandez-Cruz, 32, of Morgant...