John Denver's hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads," has just become a state song of West Virginia, an effort spearheaded by the woman married to the actor who played Gilligan on Gilligan's Island.

Singer John Denver never called West Virginia home, but his 1970s hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is one of the state’s official songs.

A Case For Western Virginia. Here's their logic: While Denver mentions West Virginia by name when he sings the lines, "Almost heaven, West Virginia/ Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River," the ...

Renck: “Rocky Mountain High” is Colorado’s song, but “Country Roads” connects John Denver to West Virginia Both songs of the 1970s conjured up memories as Broncos practiced in West Virginia ...

A couple of years ago, Danoff set the record straight on the song’s meaning – and revealed that the words to the second verse even had to be changed because they were a little too spicy for the song ...

John Denver may have considered West Virginia to be almost heaven, but the people who live there prefer to think of themselves as wild and wonderful. After months of debate, and two online and ...

“Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze,” John Denver sang in his 1971 ode to West Virginia, Take Me Home, Country Roads.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — This year's West Virginia Vacation Guide celebrates the 50th anniversary of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads," Gov. Jim Justice's office said.

The first line of John Denver's song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" calls West Virginia "Almost Heaven," and when you're up in the mountains, that description can feel pretty accurate.

Rich Rodriguez, 62, is back to the place where he belongs as he has returned to his home state to try to restore glory back ...

My daughter the nurse is like other good nurses, technically astute and above all compassionate. She cares deeply for her patients. I was there with tears when she recited the Florence Nightingale ...