Posts by Josh Baldwin

Beyond beaches and national parks, travelers will likely explore other parts of the U.S. that may have been overlooked in the past. “We’ve seen a rise in road trips throughout the U.S. and project that this pattern will continue,” Be said. “An outdoor, domestic focus like a Sedona girls trip or a long romantic weekend in San Luis…

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV (WVNS) — Construction for the Schoolhouse Hotel is underway in Greenbrier County. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin took a tour of the hotel to see construction and the progress of economic revitalization in White Sulphur Springs. Manchin said bringing development and tourism opportunities to small communities will only benefit the Mountain State.…

Thanks to its newest national park, West Virginia is trending as one of the best places to go with kids in 2022. But no conversation about the Mountain State would be complete without mentioning The Schoolhouse Hotel, a converted turn-of-the-century high school that’s now a boutique hotel with fun nods to its storied past. The schoolhouse theme is particularly…

When the brand new White Sulphur Springs High School first opened its doors back in 1912, supporters saw it as a project that “elevates the tone of a community,” according to news reports at the time. Today, more than a century later, that’s exactly what developers hope it will do again, when the doors to…

Our collective obsession with the outdoors this past year turned out to be fortuitous timing for West Virginia: Last December’s $2.3 trillion stimulus package redesignated the New River Gorge as America’s newest—and the state’s first—national park and preserve in an effort to promote tourism. Comprising some 73,000 acres, the park features 1,000-foot-high sandstone cliffs for climbing, 53…

The Schoolhouse Hotel is thrilled to announce the newest member of our team, Executive Chef Adeyemi “Day Day” Allen. Chef Allen comes to White Sulphur Springs via the popular Ballantyne Luxury Hotel in Charlotte, N.C., where he has served as the Executive Banquet Chef since 2018. Chef Allen is no stranger to White Sulphur Springs…

Jun. 28—white sulphur springs — From a solemn moment at a creekside monument memorializing local people who perished in the 2016 flood to an energetic hike through a construction site that is steadily transforming an old school building into a boutique hotel, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and her entourage were treated to the definitive…

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (WVVA) U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s visit to White Sulphur Springs on Friday came on the heels of a major announcement by the President. Late Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a bi-partisan deal had been struck on a 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill. The measure includes funding for major projects throughout…

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (WVVA) Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, (R) West Virginia, was in White Sulphur Springs on Friday to see new projects underway to help revitalize the city after the floods of 2016. The lawmaker toured recent work by a non-profit based in New York called the Disability Opportunity Fund. In recent years, the…

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV (WOAY) – U.S Senator Shelley Moore Capito spent a day visiting the town of White Sulphur Springs, where she met with various local shop owners and focused her attention on making economic developments as well as other positive advancements in our mountain state. “The businesses in White Sulphur, the renaissance on Main…