The official opening day of Tygart Lake State Park’s newest Adventure Lake attraction is just around the corner. To celebrate the upcoming opening day set for May 22, officials and […]
Tag: TOURISM
Mon Commission, CVB resurrecting fund to spur local tourism
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission and the Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitor’s Bureau are looking forward to jump-starting tourism in the county. Actually, they’re looking backward. The commission […]
Ascend WV is not the remote work program we need
We’ve all seen those wireless carrier commercials that offer 101 incentives to switch from your current cell phone provider to them: The best — and most affordable — deal on […]
Pump the brakes on income tax repeal
There are three — three! — state income tax repeal proposals in Charleston right now, all of them vastly different, and only four days left in the Legislature’s regular session. […]
April 4 letters to the editor
Proposed laws will drive out more people Every day I wake up with the same sense of dread of what the West Virginia Legislature is going to do to impede […]
Why promote tourism, then add water pollution?
There are some things that are just quintessentially West Virginian: Pepperoni rolls, potholes, bright orange cones on every major roadway as soon as the weather turns nice and a state […]
Senate Finance quickly passes House bill to elevate Tourism, Economic Development to cabinet departments
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Finance Committee Monday took up the bill to make the offices of Tourism and Economic Development into cabinet departments and passed it in just a few […]
House passes bill to elevate Tourism, Economic Development offices; haggles over amendments to Hope Scholarship
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates on Wednesday passed the governor’s bill elevating the Tourism and Economic Development offices to cabinet departments with their own secretaries. Delegates also sent a […]
The many ways to sell tourism in Preston County
KINGWOOD — How do you sell Preston County? What are its strengths? Its weaknesses? These were the questions asked by Susan Riddle, president and CEO of Visit Mountaineer Country Convention […]
See West Virginia’s colors this weekend
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Fall colors are spreading from the eastern mountains to the north-central regions of the state this weekend, as the West Virginia Tourism Office releases its autumn forecast […]
