PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. (AP) — The Cheat River flows pale green and slate gray, glistening in the sunshine as it gathers speed, turns to whitewater and drops between rocks on the way toward the ...

ALBRIGHT, W.Va. (WBOY) — The annual Cheat River Festival was held Saturday in Albright to celebrate the rejuvenation of the Cheat River and raise funds for the Friends of the Cheat. As the ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than a decade of efforts, along with federal funding, have contributed to what’s being called a rebirth of the Cheat River. “A lot of folks at the state level and ...

ALBRIGHT, W.Va. — A conservation organization dedicated to improvements to the Cheat River is ready to take the next step on the long restoration of the water way. The Friends of Cheat recently ...

The Cheat River runs through historic mining country in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. Coal has been an economic boost to the area, but often at a cost to the environment. The Cheat was ...

Jul. 22—MORGANTOWN — Friends of the Cheat aims to have three miles of the Cheat River Rail-Trail open in 2024. FOC has grant funding to do construction of this three-mile first phase of trail ...

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The state recently joined conservationists to protect the Cheat River's eight-mile whitewater canyon, collectively buying 3,800 acres from timber investors for $7 million. The two-decade effort to ...