West Virginia Explorer is a full-service guide to news and information regarding travel and recreation in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Established in 1999, the guide includes more than 2,000 pages of information written by journalists, historians, and tourism-industry experts to help guarantee reliability. The guide is funded largely by advertising and contributions from state and local government agencies. The guide also features the work of photographers and photojournalists, the works of which are employed to complement its editorial and advertising content. The explorer is owned and operated by Sibray Limited Liability Company of West Virginia. Its founder and publisher is David Sibray.