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Barbara A. Bullock, the former Washington Teachers' Union president who was sentenced to a nine-year prison term after admitting in 2003 that she embezzled millions from the union, was slated for release on Nov.

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Excavating the site of Thompson's Fort, built in 1770 to protect settlers in what is now Monroe County, are David Dobbins, Kim McBride, Doug Moore, David Fuerst and Stephen McBride.

Greenbrier County elementary school students put a state grant to good use Wednesday.

An Episcopalian bishop from West Virginia is going to slide off the New River Gorge Bridge to raise money to buy books and magazines for charities.

Authorities have identified a man found dead in Summers County after an apparent motorcycle wreck as one reported missing in Greenbrier County.

A Greenbrier County woman died Sunday after her vehicle struck a utility pole and overturned, authorities said.

A woman was killed while traveling on US Route 219 over the weekend. FAIRLEA- -- A woman is dead after a single vehicle crash on US route 219 in Greenbrier County.

No one was injured and no widespread damage was reported in an apartment complex fire in Greenbrier County, authorities said.

Editor's note: This is first of a three-part series on the proposed comprehensive plan for Greenbrier County.

IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE ... Culinary exhibits and competitions have been a part of the State Fair since it was founded as the Greenbrier Valley Fair in 1921.

The woman who once tried to kill President Gerald Ford and then escaped from a West Virginia prison has been released from custody.

The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars.

Police officers across Greenbrier County will be watching for careless, reckless and drunken drivers during the State Fair of West Virginia's nine-day run.

It's looking like a lifetime sentence at one of the nation's cushiest prisons for world-class fraudster Bernard Madoff.

After several rain delays, things are just ducky in Greenbrier County again. Wednesday evening, the town of Alderson celebrated it's annual rubber ducky relay.

Alderson Fourth of July fireworks and events originally planned for Sunday have been canceled and rescheduled for tonight because of heavy rain.

It's billed as "West Virginia's largest Independence Day celebration." Thousands gather every Fourth of July weekend to enjoy the music, the parade and the fireworks in this river town that straddles Greenbrier and Monroe counties.

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Cities and towns across southern West Virginia will celebrate Independence Day with fireworks.