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• The Civil War Comes to Western Virginia On April 18, 1861, six days after Fort Sumter, retreating U.S. forces set fire to the U.S. Armory & Arsenal at Harpers Ferry to keep the weapons and machinery out of Confederate hands. Read More »

• The Willow Island Disaster April 27 marks 46 years since the Willow Island cooling tower construction disaster that killed 51. Read More »

• Ramps Time for some favorite West Virginia traditions: ramps and ramp dinners! Read More »

• "Ain't No Sunshine" Named to National Recording Registry The Library of Congress has recognized "Ain't No Sunshine" by Raleigh County native Bill Withers for its lasting contribution to U.S. culture. Read More »

• First Mother's Day The first official Mother's Day observance was held on May 10, 1908, at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton and simultaneously in Philadelphia. Read More »

• Dogwoods in Bloom This beacon of spring is always a welcome sight to winter-weary West Virginians. Read More »

• Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike On April 18, 1912, miners along Paint Creek and Cabin Creek went on strike. What followed was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Mine Wars. Read More »

• Benwood Disaster One-hundred years ago, on April 28, 1924, an explosion ripped through the Benwood coal mine south of Wheeling, killing 119 miners, 10 years to the day after the state's second-deadliest disaster, at Eccles. Read More »

• Baseball Professional baseball has been played in West Virginia for over 110 years. Read More »

• Marshall Expedition In 1812, Chief Justice John Marshall led a surveying expedition down the Greenbrier and New rivers in Western Virginia. That six-week journey helped open up the west. Read More »