Sep 25–Oct 31 · Flashlight tours start at 7 p.m. on select nights
Flashlight Tours
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Historic courthouse · Weston
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Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Last newsroom update Oct 15, 11:38 AM
Today
Sep 25–Nov 1 · Flashlight tours start at 7 p.m. on select nights
TALA flashlight tours
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston
Oct 21 at 10:00 AM–Oct 23 at 11:59 PM
Four County West Virginia Civil War Tour
Meet daily at Clarksburg History Museum, 445 W Main Street, Clarksburg
Tomorrow
Sep 25–Oct 31 · Flashlight tours start at 7 p.m. on select nights
Flashlight Tours
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Sep 25–Nov 1 · Flashlight tours start at 7 p.m. on select nights
TALA flashlight tours
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston
Oct 23 · Time not published
Annual Glass Gathering — October 23
Weston; confirm daily meeting locations with the museum
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Traveling Dawgz to serve food in Weston Friday for Friends Auxiliary fundraiser
Oct 15, 2026, 9:58 AM · Lewis County Newsroom
Traveling Dawgz will serve food at 936 Sharpe Hospital Road in Weston on Friday, Oct. 16, starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until sold out. A portion of proceeds will support patient programs and activities sponsored by The Friends Auxiliary.
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Stonewall Jackson Lake reports floating debris and stained water Oct. 15
Oct 15, 2026, 8:28 AM · Lewis County Newsroom
Stonewall Jackson Lake stood at 1072.37 feet Thursday morning, 0.13 feet below summer pool, with floating debris reported. Lake surface temperature was 71 degrees, outflow water was 66 degrees and air temperature was 64 degrees.
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SportsOfficial source
Lewis County girls basketball matchup with Philip Barbour listed for Jan. 6
Oct 15, 2026, 3:44 AM · Lewis County Newsroom
NFHS Network lists a girls varsity basketball game between Lewis County and Philip Barbour for Jan. 6, 2027, with live and on-demand coverage.
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Maids beat Gilmer County in final regular-season home game
Oct 14, 2026, 9:01 PM · Lewis County Newsroom
Lewis County’s JV and varsity Maids both beat Gilmer County on Oct. 14. Reghan C., the team’s only senior, was also recognized.
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Meet the people behind the county’s history
Foundational Lewis Countian
Henry Flesher Sr.
c. 1734–c. 1802
The pioneer settler whose former farm became the ground beneath Weston’s county seat.
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Living Lewis Countian
Jason Koon
1985–
From Lewis County High School’s track to poker’s biggest events and its Hall of Fame.
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