by Mark Gongloff If there’s one climate-change solution everybody seems to agree on, it’s that trees are good. Even Donald Trump, who has called climate change a Chinese hoax, has proposed planting a trillion trees. So it might seem that the holiday tradition of chopping down ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — West Virginians are being encouraged to pick up their Christmas tree at tree farms across the state. State Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt said families will have the opportunity to cut their own tree from about 40 farms in the state as part of ...
One can hardly blame us if we’ve begun to sing “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas …” under our breath. Between stores making the instantaneous switch from spooky season to holiday cheer and certain cable networks already running Christmas-miracle romances, it really is ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE Wednesday’s snowfall in the high mountains of West Virginia created the perfect backdrop for the felling of the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. A small group of about 75 people, mostly workers with the U.S. Forest Service and media members, braved 19-degree ...
ELKINS — This year’s National Christmas Tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building will be from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. However, before the tree is hoisted into place on Capitol Hill, it will take a tour around the Mountain State so folks can get a look ...
Adaland Mansion’s Christmas tree in the Bride’s Room has decorations fit for royalty this year. Visitors will see bulbs, large flowers and grape clusters, all sitting above a royal purple tree skirt. This tree is one of 15 decorated throughout the 23-room mansion. This purple tree, ...