Arthurdale News

A Preston County community designed and built for the rural poor is celebrating its 75th anniversary this weekend.

The Arthurdale community was formed in 1933 after Eleanor Roosevelt visited Scott's Run and wanted to give coal miners' families a better way to live during the Great Depression.

Libbey Owens Ford Retirees: will meet at 11 a.m. July 13 for lunch at Shoney's in Kanawha City.

Let's call this week's column odds and ends that have caught my attention but not generated a full-blown column; also known as cleaning my desk off.

An auction was held at the Arthurdale Center Hall Sunday in Preston County as part of the annual community yard sale.

The state Board of Education has voted to take over the Preston County school system.

Jack Logar has a rundown of what to do this weekend in North Central West Virginia and beyond.

Many West Virginians will be in Washington D.C. Tuesday for Barack Obama's inauguration.

Darlene Bolyard from Preston County will be in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, blogging about the presidential inauguration, sharing her experience live on the internet.

Travel: New Deal Tourism Hard times spark interest in New Deal sites By TOM BREEN Associated Press Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va . -- The election of an ambitious new president in hard times is evoking comparisons ...

Current economy is creating an increased interest in Arthurdale. Story by Courtney Dunn Email Other Stories by Courtney Dunn ARTHURDALE -- Arthurdale, West Virginia is the first New Deal Community planned and ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The election of an ambitious new president in hard times is evoking comparisons with President Franklin Roosevelt, and the 75th anniversary of FDR's New Deal is sparking renewed interest in ...