Bluefield News

GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. - U.S. Rep. Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher, D-Va., said he worked hard to craft the American Clean Energy and Security Act in such a way that people on modest incomes wouldn't suffer, the coal industry would survive and ultimately flourish and to create a bill that doesn't raise taxes.

Proceeds from the yard sale go to help the Wade Center. BLUEFIELD- -- Volunteers are giving back in Mercer County.

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., is hoping to secure a significant federal funding boost for the King Coal Highway in Mercer County, and the proposed Colonial Intermodal Center planned for downtown Bluefield.

A federal indictment against a Mercer County man charged with failing to register as a sex offender will continue after a federal judge denied the defendant's motion to dismiss the charges.

City residents who don't want to see another empty building in Bluefield have been approaching City Manager Andy Merriman in support of the city's efforts to urge state and federal authorities to keep the Bluefield Transit Authority facility where it is.

A Mercer County turnpike board member chastised local lawmakers Monday for creating a media frenzy around the impending turnpike toll hike.

A Mercer County judge ruled today that the statement that a suspect in the death of a Bluefield man gave to investigators will be allowed at trial.

Now that the dust has settled from the collapse of two historic buildings in Bluefield - the Matz Hotel and Colonial Theater - the city has shifted gears from a wait-and-see attitude, to a cautious optimism as to how the new downtown will look.

Solid police work, solid observations by an eye witness and modern electronic communications combined Friday afternoon to put a Mercer County woman behind bars as a suspect in a bank robbery.

Mercer County authorities are searching for a female subject who is suspected in an armed robbery of the First Community Bank in the Mercer Mall.

Bluefield Regional Medical Center administrators hope a summer furlough plan will prevent more furloughs or layoffs in the future.

Times are hard, but according to Craig Hammond, executive director of the Bluefield Union Mission, local contributors, churches and civic organizations have stepped up their contributions to the mission's food pantry, and their overall support of the mission.

PROGRAMMING NOTE>>> CBS News will air a 1-Hour Special tonight on the death of Michael Jackson.

An federal indictment was unsealed Thursday, charging a Monroe County man with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 ; 06:41 PM The Wade Center will welcome volunteers from all over the country.

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.

On March 12, Charlie Cole opened the front door of his home to get his newspaper and realized that his 7-year-old Siberian Husky "Bear," wasn't there.

While he isn't for sure if there will be a large crowd or not, Turnpike Manager Greg Barr isn't taking any chances with the July 1 meeting of the West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority.

Mercer County Sheriff Danny Wills has resigned amid a federal investigation in which patient records were seized from his office.

More than a dozen arrests were made Wednesday as part of a continuing investigation of drug dealing in Mercer County.