Lewisburg News

LEWISBURG, W.Va. -- Greenbrier County's prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for a man convicted of torching several vehicles at a West Virginia State Police barracks.

The performance will take place Sunday, May 19, at 3 p.m. at Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, W. Va.

Fairs, festivals and cultural events around the state will feel the impact of the state budget crunch, with funding cut by more than 8 percent in the 2013-14 budget.

It's hard to imagine a battle breaking out in peaceful Pocahontas County. But that's just what happened 150 years ago, when Union troops stormed out of Beverly to attack Lewisburg and points south.

The initiative is being presented by colleges and universities in southern West Virginia during the national Boy Scout Jamboree in July at Summit Bechtel Reserve in Fayette County.

Mayor John Manchester , West Virginia Division of Forestry & Tree City Coordinator Bob Hannah and City of Lewisburg City Forester Ken Tubbs Lewisburg was named a 2012 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment of effective urban forest management.

Barns & out buildings for cattle operations. One tract has a beautiful 8 bedroom house with indoor pool.

If you love great locally sourced food, fine wine and good company - all enjoyed against a backdrop of sweeping views of West Virginia's rolling farmland - have I got a few ideas for you! West Virginia's own farm-to-table ambassador, Chef Dale Hawkins, will start welcoming guests at a monthly farm dinner series as he turns his Upshur County Fish ... (more)

Preparations are underway for the second entrepreneur cafe in Greenbrier County.

A recent speech by Rep. Shelly Moore Capito , has left inquisitive listeners pondering contradictory conclusions by her praise of "the tremendous program" Medicare, yet defending the Paul Ryan budget, which would potentially shred Medicare.

Ellie Schaul's "Smoked Eel #2," an oil on a 30- by 24-inch canvas, may be viewed at The Art Store through Friday.

Legal arguments were presented in court Wednesday in the much ballyhooed case involving the legality of the County Commission's vote to allocate $1.3 million of bed tax monies to a state-owned property for a public swimming pool.

The Rev. Susan Sharp Campbell of Lewisburg, associate for educational ministry of the Presbytery of West Virginia and pastor of Frankford Presbyterian Church, has been named Educator of the Year by the Eastern Region of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators The award was given in recognition of Sharp Campbell's "visionary leadership, ... (more)

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Martin Staunton , a former reporter and anchor at WVNS in Lewisburg, W.V., has announced a run for U.S. Senate.

The Greenbrier Historical Society will have its next spring lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday at the North House, 301 West Washington St.

Charleston artist Ellie Schaul will give a lunchtime lecture at noon May 1 at The Art Store, on Bridge Road.

Charleston City Council of Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority: board will meet at 6:45 p.m. Thursday at the South Charleston Municipal Court Building.