By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — City leaders are still working to grow entrepreneurship in Bluefield. In recent years, the city has pushed a burgeoning entrepreneurship campaign through various workshops and incubator programs, including the transformation of the former freight station on Bluefield Avenue into the Bluefield Commercialization[Read More…]
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NRGRDA Recognizes 2025 Redevelopment Partner Of The Year — Greenbrier Environmental Group, Inc.
By Jina BelcherFor New River Gorge Regional Development Authority Beckley – Jina Belcher, Executive Director of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), publicly recognized Greenbrier Environmental Group, Inc., as its Redevelopment Partner of the Year for 2025. Matt Ford, company president, received the award at a recent NRGRDA/West[Read More…]
Ramp It Up Festival Returns to ACE Adventure Resort on April 18th: Celebrate Appalachian flavor, live music, and springtime in the New River Gorge
By Chris ColinFor ACE Adventure Resort Oak Hill — ACE Adventure Resort invites guests to welcome the return of spring at the 7th Annual Ramp It Up Festival on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Held at The Lost Paddle, this beloved Appalachian tradition brings together bold mountain flavors, live music, and a vibrant community[Read More…]
Five candidates vie for seat on W.Va. Supreme Court
By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Beckley — Five Supreme Court candidates hope to convince voters through different measures of merit and views on rights, restraint and public trust. The upcoming May 12 special election will decide who fills the late Justice Tim Armstead’s seat on the Supreme Court of Appeals[Read More…]
‘Missing piece’: Downtown Logan welcomes new music store after 17 years without one
By Dylan VidovichFor HDMedia Logan — For the first time in nearly two decades, downtown Logan has a music store. On April 1, the Logan County shop, 10 House Music, held a ribbon cutting at the former home of the Coney Island Restaurant and, more recently, the Stratton Street Bookstore. The store[Read More…]
Times West Virginian selling property, moving to city center
By Eric CraveyFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — After more than a quarter century at the corner of Quincy Street and Ogden Avenue in Fairmont, the Times West Virginian is placing its property for sale as we relocate to a new space on Adams Street later this year. Due to[Read More…]
Alien missing from the Hatfield-McCoy Trail is found
By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bramwell — An intergalactic visitor reported missing from the Hatfield-McCoy Trail in Mercer County has been found. An eight-foot tall metal alien, who was placed along the ATV trail system in Mercer County as a fun distraction for riders, later disappeared from the trail,[Read More…]
2 state record trout caught in area
By Brad JohnsonFor The Inter-Mountain Pocahontas — A pair of state record trout have been caught in our area recently as the spring fishing season begins. John Terry, of Gallagher, caught the new state record for tiger trout on March 19 from Seneca Lake in Pocahontas County, the state Division[Read More…]
$65M coming from feds for Dunbar Toll Bridge, Kanawha Turnpike overpass replacements
By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia The West Virginia Department of Transportation on Monday, announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant in the amount of $65 million, part of which will be used to replace the Dunbar Toll Bridge. The grant, part of which will also be used[Read More…]
Parkersburg marks Arbor Day with planting
By Evan BevinsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg – The ceremonial planting of a yellow poplar tree Friday in City Park served to observe Arbor Day and cap off a week of additions to Parkersburg’s urban forest. The city received a $13,554 grant from the West Virginia Division of[Read More…]
