New River Gorge National River announces winter hours
Winter hours are in effect starting this month for New River Gorge National River park facilities. The schedule began last week and will remain in effect through March 31. During the winter, the Canyon...
View ArticleChina, and special godmother, name France’s 1st baby panda
France’s first baby panda has a name at last, bestowed Monday by Chinese dignitaries and French first lady Brigitte Macron: Yuan Meng, which fittingly means “the realization of a wish” or...
View ArticleHunters harvest 44,455 bucks in West Virginia during 2017 firearms season
Preliminary data collected from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ electronic game checking system indicate deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 44,455 bucks during the two-week buck...
View ArticleMan Killed by Boar He Was Hunting
Authorities in Germany are trying to find a wild boar that turned the tables on a hunter Sunday, fatally injuring the man after he fired a shot and followed it into a reed bank. Witnesses say the male...
View ArticleOwls in Canada Are Attacking Dogs
Advice for small dogs in Canada who spot an owl: Run and hide, quickly. The CBC reports on an unusual spate of attacks in the Edmonton area, the last two of which resulted in dogs losing an eye. In...
View ArticleWest Virginia fall turkey hunters harvest 948 birds
Fall turkey hunters harvested 948 birds during the 2017 season, according to figures released by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. The fall harvest is down 54 percent compared to the...
View ArticleWVDA Encourages Farms to Participate in 2017 Ag Census
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is encouraging all farmers and farm operations to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National...
View ArticleAirline group says holiday travel will be higher than 2016
About 51 million Americans are expected to fly on U.S. airlines in the three weeks around Christmas and New Year’s Day, a 3.5 percent increase over last year. That’s the forecast Wednesday from...
View ArticleTrump will suspend a rule to limit a pollutant far worse than carbon
The Trump administration will suspend a rule to limit methane leaks from oil and gas operations on federal land, but its true aim may be to kill the Obama-era requirement. A notice slated to be...
View ArticleHo, ho, ho, Yosemite: A magical winter destination
Yosemite National Park might not seem like an ideal winter destination, particularly if you’re from a part of the country where you’d like to trade in road salt for rim salt on your margarita and leave...
View ArticleU.S. to review ended protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears
U.S. officials said they’ll review the recent lifting of protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in light of a court ruling that retained protections for gray wolves in the Great Lakes. About...
View Article‘We Stood There Crying’: Crew Films Starving Polar Bear
The video is tough to watch: A crew from the conservation group Sea Legacy came across a starving polar bear in Canada’s Baffin Islands that clearly didn’t have long to live. “We stood there...
View Article7 Famous Landmarks Once Put Up for Sale
If you weren’t among the 9,000 people who pooled their funds to buy an 800-year-old castle in France, don’t fret: Other landmarks will surely come up for sale, just as they’ve done in the past. Here...
View Article60 more elk to be added by DNR
Division of Natural Resources workers will travel to Arizona in late January to assist with the capture and processing of up to 60 elk destined for the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County....
View ArticleSwarm chasers return wayward honeybees to hives
When half or more of your honeybees have deserted the hive and are lingering nearby, who ya gonna call? Swarm chasers can provide quick help to fellow beekeepers, keeping them from getting stung...
View ArticleU.S. national parks to slash number of free days for visitors
National parks in the U.S. will sharply drop the number of days they allow visitors to get in for free, a move that was criticized by opponents of the parks’ plan to raise entrance costs at other times...
View ArticleAll 5 of West Virginia’s ski resorts to open
All five of West Virginia’s ski resorts will be open this weekend in one of the earliest starts to the state’s winter sports season. The West Virginia Ski Areas Association tells news outlets that this...
View ArticleNATIONAL and Local FEEDER & STOCKER CATTLE SUMMARY
RECEIPTS: Auctions Direct Video/Internet Total This Week 243,800 23,400 16,900 284,100 Last Week 334,300 18,200 1,900 354,400 Last Year 299,900 59,300...
View ArticleUSDA Microloans Help Farmers Purchase Farmland and Improve Property
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering farm ownership microloans, creating a new financing avenue for farmers to buy and improve property. These microloans are especially helpful to...
View ArticleUSDA Announces Enrollment Period for Safety Net Coverage in 2018
FSA announced that starting November 01, 2017, farmers and ranchers with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net program may enroll for the 2018 crop...
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