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FOB News!
4-1-2026 | WOWK Channel 13: Friends of Blackwater Canyon delivers signatures urging northern route for Corridor H
4-1-2026 | My Buckhannon: Friends of Blackwater Canyon delivers 3,000+ signatures urging governor to choose northern route for Corridor H
4-1-2026 | WDTV Channel 5: Friends of Blackwater Canyon delivers over 3k signatures urging governor to choose Northern Route for Corridor H
1-13-2026 | The Parsons Advocate: Backcountry Film Fest to Come to Whitegrass
12-24-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Citizens Reject Old Corridor H Route, Offer Northern Alternative
12-14-2025 | The WV Daily News: Governor Morrisey Announces More Than $15.4 Million for Water and Sewer Upgrades, Conservation Efforts
12-12-2025 | WV Public Broadcasting: Millions Awarded For Water, Sewer, Environmental Restoration Projects
11-11-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Friends of the Blackwater Hosts Celebration of Blackwater Canyon Conservancy
11-5-2025 | WV Public Broadcasting: First Hearing Held In Appeal Of Permit For Tucker County Microgrid Site
11-5-2025 | WBOY Channel 12 News: Groups heading to Charleston to protest Tucker County data center
10-27-2025 | WBOY Channel 12 News: Friends of Blackwater celebrates public ownership of Blackwater Canyon
10-26-2025 | WBOY Channel 12 News: Friends of Blackwater celebrates public ownership of Blackwater Canyon
10-25-2025 | WV News: Citizen groups appeal for information on Tucker County (West Virginia) data center
10-23-2025 | WDTV Channel 5 News: Local groups file 2nd appeal over Tucker County power plant permits
10-23-2025 | WBOY Channel 12 News: Second appeal filed against Tucker County data center permits
9-30-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Historic Printing Press Linked to J.R. Clifford Discovered in Plumber’s Shed
9-17-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Damage to Davis Riverwalk Trail Successfully Repaired
9-17-2025 | Metro News: Environmental groups mount a challenge to data center power permit
9-17-2025 | WV News: Citizen groups appeal air permit for Tucker County power plant, triggering regulatory hearing
9-17-2025 | WBOY Channel 12 News: Groups appeal permit for Tucker County power plant
9-10-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Tucker County Heritage Art Exhibit Grand Opening a Great Success
9-1-2025 | Wandering Backroads, W.Va: Wandering Parsons Day
8-25-2025 | Mountain State Sierran: Controversial Corridor H in Wardensville Faces Significant Delays
8-21-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Tucker County Heritage Art Exhibit Grand Opening
8-19-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Tucker County Heritage Art Exhibit Grand Opening
7-1-2025 | Metro News: Tucker County residents rise up to oppose data center
6-24-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Go North Alliance
6-10-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Riverwalk Trail Opens in Davis
5-21-2025 | Mountain State Sierran: Data Centers and Microgrids on Their Way to a Neighborhood Near You
5-18-2025 | The Wall Street Journal: Small-Town Locals and Newcomers Unite Against a Common Foe: Data Centers
5-12-2025 | FOB YouTube Channel: Friends of Blackwater Historical Signage | "The Parsons Depot"
5-9-2025 | FOB YouTube Channel: Friends of Blackwater Historical Signage | "Community, Coal, and the Railroad"
4-30-2025 | The Northern Virginia Daily: West Virginia moves to complete Corridor H to state border; Virginia plans for impacts
4-30-2025 | Country Roads News: Data Center Opponents Score Wins Even as Governor Signs ‘Microgrid’ Bill
4-26-2025 | The Charleston Gazette: WV Data Center moves relying on fossil fuels despite industry trend toward renewables
4-25-2025 | The New Rural Landscape: Big Tech Comes to Tucker County, WV
4-25-2025 | WBOY News: 2 West Virginia communities continue battle with Corridor H
4-24-2025 | Country Road News: Smith Says Data Center Opponents Are Vacation Homeowners
4-22-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Ag Secretary Calls for Timber Production to Increase in Mon Forest
4-20-2025 | Metro News: Local officials still question property tax split, zoning restrictions on data center legislation
4-18-2025 | WV News: Public hearing set for Corridor H Wardensville-to-Virginia line section on April 22
4-15-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Davis Town Hall Draws Record Crowds
4-13-2025 | YouTube: The Davis Town Hall Meeting - Concerns over a planned Microgrid and Data Center
4-8-2025 | Country Roads News: Data Center Bill Would Divert Local Tax Revenue to the State
4-8-2025 | The Washington Post: These small towns are resisting the spread of energy-hungry data centers
4-2-2025 | Country Roads News: Plan for Data Center Near Davis and Thomas Raises Alarms
4-2-2025 | WBOY News: Clearcutting project dropped in Tucker County, 200-year-old trees won’t be cut down
3-28-2025 | West Virginia Environmental Council: Celebrating Everyone Who Showed Up for WV — Thank You, E-Day 2025 Planners and Awardees!
3-1-2025 | National Parks Traveler:495 Outdoor Organizations Sign Letter To Congress Demanding Action On Firings
2-17-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: What’s Happening, Film Festival Fundraiser
2-11-2025 | WBOY News: Honoring Black History: JR Clifford, the first African-American lawyer in West Virginia
1-27-2025 | Instagram Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: Public comment on a trail proposal located near the towns of Thomas and Davis in Tucker County, West Virginia
1-7-2025 | The Parsons Advocate: Blackwater Canyon Becomes Publicly Owned
1-1-2025 | X (Twitter)/ WOWK 13 News: Following a 25-year campaign, officials with the conservation group Friends of Blackwater have announced that Tucker County's Blackwater Canyon is now under full protection
1-1-2025 | WOWK 13/WBOY News: Blackwater Canyon fully protected, conservation group says
12-31-2024 | West Virginia Highlands Conservancy: After decades of advocacy, 2,700 acres of Blackwater Canyon now in public ownership
12-31-2024 | Eyewitness News WCHS ABC8/ FOX11: U.S. Forest Service acquires 2,700 acres of Blackwater Canyon land
12-30-2024 | WV News: West Virginia's Manchin & Capito laud finalization of Blackwater Canyon property purchase
12-26-2024 | Country Roads News: Land Gift Expands Public Access to Blackwater River
12-12-2024 | Greenwire: Feds agree to revisit lead ammo ban at wildlife refuge
12-12-2024 | Earth Justice: Conservation Groups Reach Settlement Over Lead Ammunition in West Virginia Wildlife Refuge
12-6-2024 | WV.GOV: WVDEP’s Stream Partners Program awards nearly $92,000 in grant funding to 20 watershed groups for water quality projects
12-3-2024 | Senator Joe Manchin’s YouTube: Manchin Delivers Final Floor Speech
10-30-2024 | The Inter-Mountain: 15 Appalachian Forest Grants announced
10-26-2024 | The Exponent Telegram: 'Early Mining Voices' on display at Blackwater Falls State Park (West Virginia) Nov. 2
10-16-2024 | The West Virginia Daily News: National Heritage Area Awards Grants to Local Organizations
10-8-2024 | The Parson’s Advocate: Free Program at Blackwater Falls November 2 Honors Early Coal Miners
10-2-2024 | The Mountain State Spotlight: Tourism already isn’t enough for Tucker County to thrive. Climate change could make life harder
10-1-2024 | The Parson’s Advocate: Corridor H - Go North Campaign
8-30-2024 | United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties: Friends of Blackwater Volunteer MPC
8-22-2024 | The Register-Herald: Land sale a milestone for Friends of Blackwater
8-22-2024 | Charleston Gazette: Monongahela Forest officials to buy 2,700 acres of lumber company’s Tucker County land
8-21-2024 | Metro News: Land sale a milestone for Friends of Blackwater
8-20-2024 | Newswires: Manchin Applauds Forest Service Agreement to Purchase Blackwater Canyon Property
8-6-2024 | Parsons Advocate: Landslide Damages Historic Landmark on Blackwater Canyon Trail
8-6-2024 | Parsons Advocate: Forest Service Addresses Blackwater Canyon Landslide
7-26-2024 | WDTV: 32 Business Owners in Thomas and Davis team up to stop the state’s current plan for Corridor H
4-18-2024 | WDTV: Blackwater River ‘Endangered’ by Corridor H Construction
4-16-2024 American Rivers: BLACKWATER RIVER NAMED AMONG AMERICA’S MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS® OF 2024
4-16-2024 WBOY: West Virginia’s Blackwater River among most endangered in America
4-16-2024 MetroNews: Blackwater River included on America’s Most Endangered Rivers list for 2024
2-21-2024 13News: Charleston police opening internal investigation after WVDOT secretary pulled over
1-25-2024 WSAZ: WSAZ Investigates WVDOT
1-16-2024 Charleston Gazette: Key DEP water pollution control permit up for renewal, public comment
12-26-2023 Charleston Gazette: Magazines rank Tucker towns among nation's top mountain communities
10-18-2023 Parsons Advocate: Local History Celebrated in Davis
10-11-2023 Parsons Advocate: Local Volunteer Group Wins Statewide Watershed Promotion Award
7-31-2023 Reuters: U.S. sued over lead ammunition in West Virginia wildlife reserve
4-21-2023 WBOY: Morgantown rally urges protection for trees in Upper Cheat River
4-21-2023 WDTV: West Virginians gather to protest clearcutting in the Monongahela National Forest
4-20-2023 Washington Post: The U.S. has inventoried old-growth forests. Will protection be next?
4-4-2023 The Highlands Voice: Plain as the nose on your face
3-27-2023 Parsons Advocate: Corridor H Letter to the Editor
3-20-2023 The Intermountain: Corridor H petition has 5K signers
2-8-2023 Parsons Advocate: Timbering in the Monongahela Letter to the Editor
1-7-2023 Creeks to Peaks Podcast: Chip Chase on cross-country skiing in West Virginia
12-23-2022 The News-Item: Bill to clean up water pollution from abandoned mines passes Congress
12-15-2022 WBOY: Davis to Parsons Corridor H comment period extended
11-23-2022 Parsons Advocate: Corridor H “Go North” fundraiser a success
11-18-2022 WBOY: Concerns voiced about Corridor H route
11-15-2022 MetroNews: Logging debate over Upper Cheat River project heats up
11-15-2022 Public News Service: West Virginia Groups Rally to Protect Old-Growth Trees
11-15-2022 The Intermountain: Timber Controversy Protesters met by counter-protesters in Elkins
11-14-2022 MetroNews: Rally held in Elkins to protect trees within Monongahela National Forest
10-20-2022 Cumberland Times: Economic benefits of tourism featured at ARC workshop
10-9-2022 Washington Post: West Virginians fear a road meant to help their towns could destroy them

