Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I pull into the small gravel parking lot at Cross Country Nurseries in Kingwood Township, I'm not convinced of the claim that ...

PARKERSBURG --­ After a summer of growth, the pepper crop at Riverhawk Farm at West Virginia University at Parkersburg is being harvested and will be used in salsa and hot sauces by a local company.

They celebrate with a hot sauce festival at the end of the year, during which attendees (me included) taste a variety of local hot sauces, dare to try slivers of Cross Country's rainbow of farm-grown ...