Oceana News

A boil water advisory is being issued for the Town of Oceana water system. This advisory is being issued due to loss of water pressure.

Boil water advisories have been issued for Oceana in Wyoming County, Glen White in Raleigh County and Gary in McDowell County.

Southern West Virginia still looks more like a bad disaster movie set in Alaska, but emergency managers say they are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

The state Department of Health and Human Resources has issued a boil-water advisory for the Fayette County town of Meadow Bridge because of a water main break.

Rhodell, in Raleigh County, and Oceana, in Wyoming County, are under boil-water advisories, the state Department of Health and Human Resources reports.

The attorney general is suing a funeral home for allegedly misappropriating money consumers spent on prepaid funerals.

There's no happy medium when it comes to home health care, according to Debra Trent.

A business is damaged after an early morning fire in Wyoming County. It happened at Precious Moments in Oceana.

At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, there were 245 people waiting outside the Beckley-Raleigh County Health Department in hopes of getting vaccinated against the H1N1 flu.

This year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has nearly $6 billion to award in loans and grants for water and wastewater projects across the nation.

The city of Hurricane is currently accepting applications to provide help to Putnam County residents in need of crucial home repairs.

Today is the deadline for registering your school, organizations or businesses to participate in the 2009 Denim for a Difference fundraiser for the United Way of Southern West Virginia.

Authorities in a number of southern West Virginia counties were responding to reports of storm damage Friday night.

I think one of the most important things that we as parents can teach our children is the importance of values.

Its new name, "The Aracoma Story -- Spirits & Legends," reflects changes made to the outdoor drama that has that has been staged at Chief Logan State Park for more than three decades.

Jones family: Sunday, Kanawha State Forest, Shelter No. 5. Dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. Chicken will be furnished.

The newly adapted telling of the classic story "The Aracoma Story" opens next Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the Liz Spurlock Amphitheatre in Chief Logan State Park.

BY JOHN CONLEY Associate Editor Area dialysis patients may get a special gift during the holidays this year.

Cities and towns across southern West Virginia will celebrate Independence Day with fireworks.

Nine indictments, including five sealed, drug-related true bills, were returned Tuesday following a one-day session of the Grand Jury serving the April 2009 term of Mingo County Circuit Court.