Throughout the 20th century,the U.S. government spent lots of money building dams across the state. Although they were intended to control flooding, these projects came with an awesome side effect—impoundment lakes for swimming, boating, and some seriously good fishing. Here’s a look at five little lakes that are hotspots for anglers. Burnsville Lake A 970-acre impoundment just off Interstate 79…
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154 Reasons to Love WV
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Taking Time
Lisa Elmaleh prefers her photography slow. Lisa Elmaleh takes being analog in the digital age to a whole new level. Growing up with a camera-toting father and later, while studying photography at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, she loved watching an image emerge among chemicals in a darkroom. Now Elmaleh—who relocated from Brooklyn, New York, to…
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Making the Stage
One man’s improbable dream brings music to the mountains. Arrive late to a show at the Jerry Run Summer Theater and you can hear the music as soon as you open the car door. Low frequencies seep from the uninsulated walls, drawing you along the worn grass path toward the green front doors. Inside, after you’ve paid the $5 entrance…
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Contact
Creative tech lets guests at Snowshoe communicate with life on this planet without keeping scientists from searching for life elsewhere. We West Virginians pride ourselves on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). The giant, iconic Robert C. Byrd Green Bank radio telescope dish in Pocahontas County gives us world-class status in research into the origins of the universe and extraterrestrial life….
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