Anawalt News

Retired West Virginia Department of Highways County Supervisor Earl Crigger was recently appointed city judge for the city of War.

Reading the morning newspaper from top to bottom - including news, sports, the weather and everything in between - has always been a tradition in my family.

Troopers of the Welch Detachment of the West Virginia State Police finished their annual marijuana eradication program Friday morning, and wound up harvesting a total of 5,621 pot plants in a six-week period - a haul worth an estimated $11.2 million.

The Department of Health and Human Resources has issued a boil-water advisory for the Anawalt Municipal Water system in McDowell County.

What's on the Labor Day menu? Burgers or hot dogs? Chicken or steak? And there's even the more profound question of who's going to grill it.

A McDowell County man has been arrested on multiple charges after allegedly stabbing another man several times in the parking lot of a bar in Anawalt late Tuesday night.

State Police is investigating a stabbing in a bar parking lot in Anawalt. It happened Tuesday night.

A Mercer County postmaster will be ending her term of service on the National League of Postmasters board of directors next month with an exclamation point - earning her fourth "Eagle Award" from the organization in recognition for her recruitment efforts, and establishing a new record for Eagle Awards by one member.

Despite a tough economic year for the Mountain State, localities across southern West Virginia continue to cash in on oil and gas severance tax payments.

A jury found a McDowell County man guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday with a recommendation of mercy in the Jan.

Mayor Robert M. Richardson Jr., of Athens was unopposed for re-election Tuesday, and as a result will retain the seat he has held for 26 years.

The name of the mayor of a small McDowell County town who passed away last week will remain on the June 9 ballot, according to election officials.

Eva Sue Rash, a tireless leader who guided the small town of Anawalt on the long road to recovery following the devastating 2001 flood, was remembered Tuesday by friends and fellow mayors as a dedicated public servant who spent her life helping others.

Heavy overnight rains have caused massive flooding problems in Raleigh, Wyoming and McDowell Counties.