Families beat the heat of the first day of summer at the Stowers Branch Swimming Area on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Beech Fork Lake in Lavalette.

BEECH FORK LAKE, W. Va.-- Beech Fork Lake hosted its annual cleanup event last month and approximately 40 volunteers collected enough garbage to fill 258 enormous trash bags and 54 old tires ...

A man's body has been recovered in Beech Fork Lake after it was reported that he fell out of his boat the day before. West Virginia State Police say that they recovered a man's body in Beech Fork ...

UPDATED: 9:30 p. m. , 8/26/21The body of a man who was last seen swimming at Beech Fork Lake on Thursday has been recovered. Wayne County dispatchers said crews found the body just before 9:30 p. m.

WAYNE, W.Va. — Investigators with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department say a drowning from Thursday evening at Beech Fork Lake appears to have been a tragic accident. “It seems like he got ...

UPDATE 8/26/21 @ 9:50 p.m. WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Crews have found the body of a 20-year-old man who disappeared earlier Thursday in the swimming area of the Beech Fork State Park lake.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities say a man drowned at Beech Fork Lake while trying to help two relatives. West Virginia State Police tell media outlets that the victim, his brother and six ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Beech Fork Dam plans to offer tours to the public. The tours will be available on May 29 as part of National Dam Safety Awareness Day. Members of the community are invited ...