If you’re hoping the luck o’ the Irish will find you in the coming year, perhaps you should consider a trip to Ireland. The tiny community in southern Lewis County will celebrate its 39th annual Irish Spring Festival through March 19, the first day of spring.

The wildfires that burned for months in Australia are finally contained, but when Aodhan King, of Hillsong Young and Free, was home in Sydney just a few weeks ago, they weren’t.

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Saturday afternoon, there’s a kind of homecoming at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center’s Little Theater with the Charleston Light Opera Guild’s 70th anniversary gala.

If you’re maybe done with the Halloween season, send it off for good at Gritt’s Farm in Buffalo for the annual pumpkin smash. Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m., admission gets you into the farm to lay waste to the remaining pumpkins. The day includes pumpkin pie, donut eating contests and pumpk…

The Mountain State Forest Festival returns to Elkins this weekend to usher in the autumn season. The festival, which opens Saturday morning and continues until next weekend, includes “The Strongest Man in the Forest” competition, a chili cook-off, live entertainment, crafts and more. The fes…

September’s Downtown Streetfest is Saturday on Capitol Street, following the Funeral Parade at 5:30 p.m. The family friendly street festival will have activities and games for the kids, live music and more. The event is free to the public and continues until 9 p.m.

For the first time in almost two decades, Charleston will host a live cable-network professional wrestling broadcast.

Gate admission: $11 for ages 13 and up; children 12 and under free.