Pax News

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Much of the snow that blanketed southern West Virginia Friday night, idled interstates and left thousands without electricity or a way to reach home finally started to melt under this week's sun.

Governor Joe Manchin plans to address the situation on the West Virginia Turnpike during a news conference Tuesday morning at the state capitol.

The National Weather Service says the highest reported amount in was 28 inches in Pocahontas 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.

Lacy's Lights is an annual display set up at the Fayette County Park. The display dates back to 1967.

Freshman guard Andre Dawkins is on leave after his sister was killed in a car accident Saturday.

Duke freshman guard Andre Dawkins has left the team to be with his family in Virginia after his sister's death in a weekend car wreck.

An Ohio woman has died from injuries suffered in a multiple car accident on southbound I-77 Saturday morning.

Ash Camp. Tomsburg. Glen Huddy. Milburn. Westerly. Mucklow. Those long-ago communities have either been banished into the dustbin of history or are the basis for still-active communities of another name.

Remember when Kevin Spacey was awesome? Distant seem the days when Spacey could steal a movie from Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman with just a few minutes of screen time , or could hoodwink the audience for the duration of a movie with a canny performance , or could turn a boss-from-hell into a repellent yet magnetic monster .

Debbie Elmore said "mortar and brick" issues have dominated the Fayette County school bond debate.

First-degree murder and arson charges against two Fayette County residents and a Beckley man were dismissed Friday in Raleigh County Circuit Court.

Firefighters from several departments battled a structure fire Tuesday morning. Fayette County emergency dispatchers say it was at a residence on Coal Street in Pax.

Beckley police say they are searching for an auto dealership employee who drove a company truck recklessly, fled an accident scene and told his boss he was running away to Ohio because his license was suspended.

The details of the 2009 Blas na hEireann food awards have just been announced and the organisers are looking for entries from Irish food producers.

Police need your help finding an attempted robber. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department reports that a white male, about 5'7" to 5'10", with a medium build, and thin beard attempted to break in to The Corner gas station and restaurant in Pax just after 3:00 Saturday morning.

A passenger vehicle caught fire in the Turnpike early Tuesday morning. Raleigh County Emergency dispatchers say was reported just before 3 o'clock Tuesday morning.

A s a guy with an eternal, unhealthy infatuation with Nashville Skyline and the unabridged Basement Tapes , I'm a big fan of anyone channeling Bob Dylan 's ancient country muse.

I pound these keys several hours after completing my first trip on the West Virginia Turnpike since the new toll increase took effect -- a voyage that left me with a little less change than usual to contribute to the office vending machines for cellophane-wrapped column fuel.