Beckley News

A Raleigh County man has been arrested and charged with making terrorist act threats to a student at Sherman High School.

When "Angel's Perch" producers J.T. Arbogast and Kim Dilts were faced with the decision as to where to premiere the Cass-based film, the choice was easy - West Virginia.

Beckley Water Company has issued a boil-water advisory for customers on Elkins Street, Sprague Avenue, and Murray Street in Beckley.

Born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, jumpsuit maven Ripley Rader called both New York and Paris "home" before finally settling down in Hollywood.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced today he has appointed Karen Bowling as the next cabinet secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources, effective July 1. "Karen's commitment to the health and wellbeing of her community has been evident throughout her career and her community involvement -- including her volunteer work as a Family Nurse ... (more)

We first told you about the controversial federal program, known as the Essential Air Service program, for which tens of millions of tax dollars are spent every year to subsidize commercial flights into tiny airports across the country.

The Rev. Harold Lee Harsh bid farewell to this world Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home in Buckhannon.

Beckley, Raleigh County , West Virginia Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Beckley Correctional Center.

A Charleston neurologist who prescribed hydrocodone more than any other doctor in the state in 2010 had been disciplined twice before by the West Virginia Board of Medicine.

Officials cut the ribbon in the afternoon to commemorate the building on Robert C. Byrd Drive, which is 10,000 square-feet larger than the former campus on South Oakwood Avenue.

More than 85,000 veterans were treated for this last year; 40-percent of them were men.

Cool Ridge-Flat Top board member Bill Baldwin says the PSD has financial problems and will soon need major upgrades.

Kids to Parks Day is a National Park Trust program to encourage youth to get outdoors.

MOUNTAIN STAGE WITH MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER: 7 p.m., Clay Center. Also features Shawn Colvin, Aoife O'Donovan, Marti Jones & Don Dixon and Ari Hest.

Dried flowers/wheat weaving; pottery; knitted items; adult apparel ; decorative painting on wood and/or metal; leather purses; jewelry ; candles ; stained glass; hand-blown glass; framed and/or matted calligraphy; handmade toys; and colorful metal sculptures.

South Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Bob Anderson says he saw Newton perform in Charleston three years ago and then began writing him.

Insurance companies will pay $600,000 to a former officer who sued the Sophia Police Department over claims he was harassed and fired because he is black, Mayor Danny Barr said Wednesday.

Jeff Morris Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 14, 2013 5:18 PM EDT Updated: May.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Beckley Water Co. has lifted a boil-water advisory issued Monday for the lower portion of Maple Fork Road, 700 block of Sweeneysburg Road on down, Clear Fork Road and Vass Branch Road, including all adjacent streets.

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