SUMMERSVILLE – On a September day in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood before a crowd of people and said the dam here is a sign of West Virginia's destiny. "We come here today to consummate an ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — The first of what will be five weekend releases of water from Summersville Lake are getting started. The controlled release of water for the fall draw-down is done in conjunction ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — Just in time for free fishing weekend June 8 and 9, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR), in cooperation with the West Virginia Professional River Outfitters ...

"After six hard years of construction on September 3rd, 1966 The Summersville Dam was dedicated by The Army Corps of Engineers. The spectacular event attended by an estimated 16,000 visitors featured ...

The fall rafting season on West Virginia’s Gauley River gets started this week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin lowering Summersville Lake to its winter level through releases at the ...

Summersville Lake, located on the Gauley River in Nicholas County, is West Virginia’s largest lake, with 2,790 surface acres at summer pool stage and 60 miles of shoreline. The dam was built between ...

To prepare for Gauley Fest, all year, whitewater paddlers train - both for the river and, paddlers often joke, for the after-party, which has a reputation of going all night. Gauley Fest is the ...

SUMMERSVILLE, WV – The United States Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District performed an inspection of the tunnel at Summersville Dam as part of the Periodic Inspection Program on Wednesday, ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — Carnifex Ferry is not Gettysburg. It’s not Antietam. It’s not Shiloh. It was a little-known battle early in the Civil War that helped West Virginia break away from Virginia and ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The fall rafting season on West Virginia’s Gauley River gets started this week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin lowering Summersville Lake to its winter level ...