In 1903, it earned its official title after 15,000 West Virginia school students chose the Rhododendron in a poll against the Honeysuckle and Wild Rose. There are many names for this flowering shrub ...

So common are they in these hills that the Rhododendron maximum, also known as the great or rosebay rhododendron, is West Virginia's state flower.

Want to take advantage of all the natural wonders that West Virginia has to offer? Here's a few places that the West Virginia Department of Tourism says will make you a "true Mountain State aficionado ...

First lady Cathy Justice presented a series of Rhododendron Awards on Thursday to three site coordinators for the Communities In Schools program across West Virginia, including Kathy Brunty of ...

ELKINS — A student from Parkersburg has been elected governor at the 2022 American Legion Auxiliary West Virginia Rhododendron Girls State held last week at Davis & Elkins College. Lakyn ...

CONGRATS: Congratulations to Chloe Smalley who represented Huntington High School last week at the 81st session of West Virginia Rhododendron Girls State and was selected as the 2024 West Virginia ...