sadams@newsandsentinel.com U.S. Senators 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. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) The New River winds its way through the gorge, a view from the Canyon Rim Visitor Center. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
U.S. Senators 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. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
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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.
CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at wvencyclopedia.org.
Explore the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve an adventure-seeker s paradise
Explore Outdoors: Nation s newest national park just a 4.5 hour drive from Cincinnati Share Updated: 5:35 PM EDT Apr 20, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff
Explore Outdoors: Nation s newest national park just a 4.5 hour drive from Cincinnati Share Updated: 5:35 PM EDT Apr 20, 2021
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Explore Outdoors: Nation s newest national park just a 4.5 hour drive from Cincinnati Share Updated: 5:35 PM EDT Apr 20, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff Looking for an easy weekend trip? The nation s 63rd national park is just a 4.5 hour drive from Cincinnati.Included in the year-end spending package hammered out by Congress in December was legislation that would redesignate the New River Gorge National River as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.Located in southern Wes
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