For The Intelligencer
Photo by Steven Allen Adams
U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, and Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Manchin join park rangers to celebrate the official naming of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
LANSING, W.Va. — State and congressional officials were on hand Wednesday as the New River Gorge National River received a long-sought upgrade to New River National Park and Preserve, the nation’s 63rd and newest national park.
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined Chelsea Ruby, the secretary of the new Department of Tourism, and Park Superintendent Lizzie Watts in pulling down a curtain revealing new signage for the park.