Matoaka News

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.

Many of southern West Virginia's residents touched by recent flooding are picking up their lives, but others like Patricia Blackwell of the Matoaka area are still struggling with the high water's aftermath.

Not again. Flood-weary southern West Virginia got another dose of nature's fury late Friday night and early Saturday morning as heavy rains that dumped from three to four inches of rain on the region's steep mountain slopes, causing isolated flooding in parts of Mercer and Monroe counties and widespread flooding in McDowell and Wyoming counties.

Mercer County Sheriff's deputies and investigators with the state Fire Marshal's office were on the scene of a fire early Friday morning that claimed the life of a Mercer County man.

Mercer County Schools have received the second half of a $12.5 million state School Building Authority grant aimed at creating a new county middle school.

April 6, 2009 Gigantic Boulder Lands on Route 10 in Mercer County By Craig Hammond A giant boulder recently fell on to State Route 10 outside of Matoaka in Mercer County.

The Hatfield-McCoy Trail system could roll into Mercer County this fall and open for riders as early as spring 2010.

A new destination for visitors took a step closer to fruition Wednesday when the Mercer County Commission approved a location for the Hatfield-McCoy Recreational Trail.

Senator H. Truman Chafin recently commended the work done by many of West Virginia's young people at the State Legislature through the West Virginia Legislative Page Program.

The rocks in the road slowed traffic in the Lashmeet area. It happened just before 12 thirty Thursday afternoon near Lashmeet.