By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Princeton — Efforts to reopen a county clinic that provided low-cost spaying and neutering for local pet owners are ongoing. Furever Fixed, Inc., which opened in October 2024 off Shelter Road near the Mercer County Animal Shelter, was temporarily closed back in February because[Read More…]
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Capitol Building Commission to Convene in Special Meeting
By Lauren BodnarFor The Capitol Building Commission On Tuesday, April 21, at 3 p.m., the Capitol Building Commission will convene a special public meeting in Building 3 (Room 124), State Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East in Charleston, WV. WHAT: The purpose of this special meeting is to fulfill the[Read More…]
Work begins on $35M cancer center in Princeton
By Charles Owens For Bluefield Daily Telegraph Princeton — A crowd of onlookers watched Tuesday as a bulldozer tore into a former laundry building on the campus of WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital to help make way for a new comprehensive cancer care center for the region. The demolition work[Read More…]
Former Beckley police officer sues department for gender discrimination, back pay
By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Beckley — A former Beckley Police officer seeks more than $100,000 in back pay in a lawsuit filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court. The 22-page suit filed March 17 by Charleston-based attorney D. Adrian Hoosier II claims Alyssa Christian Redden faced wrongful termination, gender discrimination[Read More…]
Artemis II mission triggers memories for Fairmont natives
By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — The country fought an unpopular war overseas while protests and civil unrest took place on a regular basis. Meanwhile, a lone vessel from Earth cut itself off from human contact on the far side of the moon for 40 minutes. The year[Read More…]
RE-PATH Secures Inaugural Grant of $20,525 from Hope in the Hills
By Mike Fulton, Jay Phillips and Rachel ThaxtonFor RE-PATH West Virginia Huntington – The Co-Chairs of the Board of Directors of RE-PATH West Virginia announced its first grant funding — $20,525 — from Hope in the Hills, which is affiliated with Healing Appalachia in Huntington, W.Va. Jay Phillips of Seed Sower, Inc., in[Read More…]
NRGRDA’s Jina Belcher and Jozy Moore Speaking at Future Forward Business Summit in Beckley at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 8
By Jina BelcherFor New River Gorge Regional Development Authority Beckley – Jina Belcher, Executive Director of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), is a featured speaker at the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce 3rd annual Future Forward Business Summit on April 8 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention[Read More…]
Community honors Upper Big Branch mine disaster victims
By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Beckley — Sunshine reflected through downtown Beckley as residents gathered Monday to remember the miners who lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch mine. The ceremony drew over 50 attendees to the Miners Memorial Garden near Shoemaker Square, adjacent to the Raleigh County Courthouse.[Read More…]
Federal funding boosts regional sewer project
By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Matoaka — Approximately $2 million in federal funding is now in place for a regional sewer project in Mercer County that will serve several communities in need. The regional system as currently proposed has the potential to serve between 1,800 to 2,000 customers in[Read More…]
UC preps for marathon, other weekend races; here are the details, road closures
By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia The City of Charleston on Sunday will play host to its first marathon in nearly three decades. The 2026 University of Charleston Marathon is the first marathon the school has ever organized. Half-marathons and 5Ks, which will also be held on Sunday, have been organized by UC previously.[Read More…]
