Oakvale News

Resurfacing work currently underway on U.S. Route 52 is among several projects in Mercer and McDowell counties being fueled by federal stimulus fund money.

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

Mercer County residents said "No" to toll increases Friday when they took the opportunity to speak with representatives of the West Virginia Parkways Authority.

No family should be without clean and safe drinking water in the year 2009. Unfortunately, that is still the case for several communities across southern West Virginia, including some here in Mercer County.

A $700,000 federal funding award will help to provide safe drinking water to more than 300 citizens in Mercer County who are currently on well water, U.S. Rep.

More information has been released on federal economic stimulus money coming to West Virginia.

Eight contracts will be awarded this round. Other Stories by Gil McClanahan CHARLESTON -- Two bridge overlays, one slide repair and five resurfacing projects totaling 11 miles are among the first Reinvestment ...

His district is in line for nearly $19 million for road and bridge maintenance in stimulus cash, but Senate Minority Leader Don Caruth still feels the West Virginia Turnpike deserved first attention.

A Virginia man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle accident Saturday morning about a mile east of the Oakvale exit, in the eastbound lanes of U.S. Route 460.

Four New Year's Day house fires in Mercer and McDowell counties gave the area's American Red Cross chapter an early start on its ongoing fire relief efforts.