For those of you not familiar with the term, a third rail carries the electric current that powers subway trains. Third rails carry lots of vo…

John McCoy
Outdoors Reporter
Justin Conner has fished for blue catfish throughout the southeastern United States, and he believes West Virginia’s blue cat fishery ranks ri…
West Virginia’s natural resources officials want to get more people involved in hunting, fishing and the shooting sports.
The coronavirus pandemic kept state wildlife officials from holding their annual “sportsman meetings” last year, and it’s going to do the same…
At the end of last Sunday’s meeting of the state Natural Resources Commission, Steve McDaniel dropped a bomb.
One of the most popular gathering spots on West Virginia’s lower Coal River has gotten a much-needed facelift.
Under a preliminary proposal being floated by the state Division of Natural Resources, three public hunting areas would be closed to firearm h…
A major cleanup effort, a fresh bed of gravel and “no camping” signage have have helped the Coal River’s Lower Falls boat-launch area to becom…
West Virginia’s bear hunters might need to adjust their plans for this fall.
Every year, members of the Legislature try things that make West Virginians put their hands over their faces and shake their heads in disbelief.