Matoaka News

Several arrests are made after a sex offender compliance check in Mercer County.

It's official, we have a bridge to nowhere - at least for a little while. It is our hope that this bridge, whose brand-new concrete almost sparkles high above Route 19 in Bluefield, will soon connect to Airport Road, and beyond.

Ghosts, goblins, witches and perhaps even Harry Potter and Spider-man will roam the region this Halloween, but there are times when they can trick-or-treat and parties they can attend.

Schools are continuing to add new layers of security in order to ensure the safety of their students, so Mercer County Schools will soon be putting new locks on some schools to limit easy access.

Future PikeView Middle School students tossed a little dirt, but their dreams soared Friday as students from Athens, Lashmeet/Matoaka, Melrose, Oakvale, Spanishburg and Sun Valley schools took part in the ground-breaking exercise for Mercer County's newest middle school.

After many months of decision-making, planning and hard work, ground will finally be broken on the new PikeView Middle School on Oct.

MERCER SHERIFF Sept. 18 * DOMESTIC BATTERY: Dep. A.M. Ballard, Dep. G.C. Paitsel and Senior Dep.

When the mine operated by the Turkey Gap Coal & Coke Company was shut down in the mid-1980s, the tiny town of Dott, W.Va., like many mining communities during the end of the coal boom, all but died.

PRINCETON, W.Va. -- A flash flood warning is in effect for Mercer County because of heavy rain from a thunderstorm.

In the summer months, when local children can typically be found playing at city parks and swimming in community pools, it seems a rare sight to see them instead at school, working on their reading and writing skills.

A Mercer County man died early Sunday morning of injuries he received in an ATV accident near Matoaka, authorities said.

A police chief in a small McDowell County town has unseated an incumbent mayor, according to unofficial election returns.

Mayor Robert M. Richardson Jr., of Athens was unopposed for re-election Tuesday, and as a result will retain the seat he has held for 26 years.

Site work could begin as early as next month on the new PikeView Middle School project.

Election results from a number of additional towns across southern West Virginia were released Wednesday morning.

Voters are heading to the polls in Virginia and in more than a dozen communities across West Virginia.

Voters will determine a Democratic primary in Virginia Tuesday, and town elections across Mercer and McDowell counties in West Virginia.

Lashmeet/Matoaka School kindergarten teacher Debbie Six learned Friday that she is Mercer County's 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year.

A line of thunderstorms passing through the area - some violent at times - raced through Four Seasons Country Wednesday afternoon, bringing reports of some downed trees and isolated power outages in parts of the region.

Several veterans organizations, civic groups and communities in Mercer County will be hosting events on Memorial Day to honor men & women of the U.S. military who made the supreme sacrifice by giving their lives in defense of American freedom.