Glen-Jean News

Kanawha County Public Library will offer a free computer class titled "E-mail: Setting Up a Gmail Account" from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today and from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 16 in the library's Technology Center.

Hundreds of potential new jobs and thousands of additional travelers are expected for West Virginia once a new Boy Scout high adventure base is developed in Fayette County, state and project officials say.

Thumbs up ... to the Boy Scouts of America which has announced a purchase and sales agreement with the Meadow Creek Coal Corporation for more than 10,000 acres of land in the Glen Jean-Mount Hope area to locate a National Scouting Center, which will include a new high-adventure base.

Southern West Virginia can expect to see thousands of Boy Scouts in town year-round when the Boy Scouts of America opens its new National Scouting Center and high-adventure base in the Mount Hope-Glen Jean area, officials say.

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 ; 05:47 PM Area chosen from proposals submitted across the country.

West Virginia's mountains, trails and white-water rapids are closer to becoming a new national high-adventure base for the Boy Scouts of America.

Before the next harsh floods wash down through the mountainsides and turn Dunloup Creek into a virtual ocean, a sizable pocket of Fayette County could turn into a string of ghost villages.

DOH crews found suspicious bags along the road Monday morning. GLEN JEAN- -- Bags left along the side of the highway raise some concern in Fayette County.

A Veteran's Appreciation Day will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.

An elderly couple from Mount Nebo were transported for minor injuries after their vehicle overturned Saturday on U.S. 19 in Fayette County, police said.

Thumbs up ... to Juliana Patton of Beckley, winner of a Broyhill bedroom suite offered by John Eye's Big Sandy Superstore as the grand prize at the 10th annual Bridal, Prom and Special Occasions Fair held at ...

Staff Sergeant Jeremy Brown was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. A special ceremony was held Tuesday at the Beckley Military Processing Station in Glen Jean.

The Beckley Military Entrance Processing Station at the Glen Jean armory today will honor a local soldier who gave his all nearly four years ago for the twin causes of freedom in Iraq and security in the United ...

Several roads had to be closed down due to the conditions. This was the scene on Route 19 as dozens of commuters found themselves in the ditch.

With so many West Virginians belonging to some branch of the armed forces, it's nice to know their families back home have help available when they're deployed.

Like many spouses, Tina Cook will be raising her 14-year-old son alone until her husband Jesse gets home from serving his country.