By Bob Downing UPPER TRACT - In my travels, I have repeatedly learned that it is very easy to be a long way from anywhere in parts of West Virginia. Welcome to Smoke Hole.

UPPER TRACT, W.Va. _ In my travels, I have repeatedly learned that it is very easy to be a long way from anywhere in parts of West Virginia. Welcome to Smoke Hole.

By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jan. 27--UPPER TRACT, W.Va. -- In my travels, I have repeatedly learned that it is very easy to be a long way from anywhere in parts of West Virginia. Welcome to Smoke Hole.

By Tara Tuckwiller tara@wvgazette.com "One of the most ecologically significant" pieces of private land on North Fork Mountain now belongs to the Monongahela National Forest, Forest Service officials said Thursday.

By John McCoy johnmccoy@wvgazette.com Notice to West Virginia trout fishermen: If you find a neon- colored plastic noodle sticking out of a fish you catch, hang onto it. It's worth a reward.