Elk hunting in Virginia on horizon? Quick word association: If I say "elk," what do you see? What picture forms in your mind? A majestic bull with giant antlers maybe, but what about around the animal ...

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is overseeing the restoration project to establish a sustainable elk herd in Southwest Virginia. The agency released 16 elk on reclaimed mining ...

Now a story about a wild animal making a comeback in Appalachia - not B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Roxy Todd of member station Radio IQ takes us to the top of a former strip mine in ...

SAM DEAN | The Roanoke Times 5/18/12--Two of the first elk released on reclaimed mine land in Buchanan County explore their temporary holding pens, Friday morning. Eleven elk were imported from ...

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has opened the lottery for the 3rd annual elk hunt. Five hunters will be selected from the lottery to purchase ...

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Wildlife lovers can watch the elk of Southwest Virginia on a live camera provided by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The DWR announced on Friday that ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s elk herd stands at around 100 to 110 animals in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. The approximate figure was offered up to an interim committee of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VIRGINIA (WJHL) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) announced applications for this year’s Elk Hunt Lottery have ...

More than 150 years after Virginia's last native elk was killed, game officials may try to populate the state's southwest corner with its bigger, buff-colored cousin -- the Rocky Mountain elk. They ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s elk herd will get another boost of imported animals. Governor Jim Justice announced during his State of the State Address the state is in the process of bringing ...