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Helen Lanark Lester
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Naoma Odd Piney View
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Sophia Stanaford Surveyor
White Oak Slab Fork Rock Creek
Dry Creek Sprague Terry
Montcoal Cranberry Josephine
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Raleigh County officials prepare for disaster
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:36:28 -0700
BECKLEY (WVVA) - Disaster may strike at any time, and that's why some local officials are taking precautions. Officials in Raleigh County held an educational training seminar Thursday to discuss different
N.Y. sex offender arrested in Raleigh County
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:37:18 -0700
BECKLEY (WVVA) - A New York man has been arrested in Raleigh County for failing to register as an out-of-state sex offender. Eric Lennell Larkin, 50, of Glen Falls, N.Y., was taken into custody on Thursday.
Unemployment rates fall in 42 state counties
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:55:54 -0700
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Unemployment rates have fallen in 42 West Virginia counties. WorkForce West Virginia says jobless rates rose in 10 counties in April and were unchanged in Jefferson, Marion and Taylor counties. Counties with higher unemployment rates w...
'Chair-ity' auction raising money for worthy cause
Fri, 18 May 2012 12:52:38 -0700
CRAB ORCHARD (WVVA) - An auction in Raleigh County Friday is raising funds by offering a seat. The annual Chair-ity Auction at Daniel Vineyards Friday collects donations for the Women's Resource Center
Community Calendar — Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wed, 09 May 2012 16:00:51 -0700
Meetings -- Workforce Investment Board — There will be a meeting of the Region 1 Workforce Investment Board on Thursday, May 17, at 2 p.m., at the Raleigh County WorkForce West Virginia Career Center, Room 100, Beckley.
Snuffer wins GOP WV primary to face Rahall
Tue, 08 May 2012 19:31:33 -0700
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Del. Rick Snuffer has won a three-way Republican primary to take on Congressman Nick Rahall in the 3rd District race November.The first-term Raleigh County lawmaker de...
Wyoming County man charged with sex crimes against child
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:51:38 -0700
LYNCO (WVVA) - A Wyoming County man has been arrested on charges of sex crimes against a child. Van Buren Mullins, 38, of Lynco was taken into custody Wednesday by the West Virginia State Police and charged
West Virginia chooses Presidential & Congressional nominees
Tue, 08 May 2012 03:56:35 -0700
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia voters are set to pick presidential nominees and decide whether some of the state's congressional delegation will be around to seek re-election in November. U.S.
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Tue, 01 May 2012 21:20:38 -0700
Silver Airways won a green light from the U.S. Department of Transportation to take over from Colgan to provide flights at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, but there is one hurdle left to clear — a contract with United Airlines.
Armed Robbery in Raleigh County
Sun, 13 May 2012 18:44:34 -0700
BECKLEY (WVVA)-- Police are searching for two men who robbed the Dollar General on Harper Road in Beckley Sunday night.According to Raleigh County 9-1-1, it happened at the Dollar General on Harper Road.They