Petersburg News

Pittsburgh-based artist Melissa J. Tyson's works, including this charcoal on paper, can be seen at The Purple Moon on Quarrier Street.

A Grant County man who allegedly set buildings on fire at Smoke Hole Caverns is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday.

Investigators say two fires that destroyed the Smoke Hole Caverns gift shop and restaurant were deliberately set.

A 24-year-old man has been charged with setting two fires that destroyed the gift shop and restaurant at a popular West Virginia tourist attraction, Smoke Hole Caverns.

A 24-year-old man has been charged with setting two fires that destroyed the gift shop and restaurant at a popular West Virginia tourist attraction, Smoke Hole Caverns.

A Grant County man is in custody after allegedly setting fires at Smoke Hole Caverns last week.

Investigators say two fires that destroyed the Smoke Hole Caverns gift shop and restaurant were deliberately set.

Smoke Hole Caverns re-opened for business Friday after being closed since Tuesday.

A pair of fires late Tuesday and early Wednesday that destroyed the Smoke Hole Caverns gift shop and restaurant were deliberately set, according to a published report.

Fire has seriously damaged the large building housing the restaurant and gift shop at Smoke Hole Caverns in Grant County near Seneca Rocks.

Pocahontas County Commissioners Martin Saffer and David fleming met briefly Saturday morning with West Virginia boundary commission members Charles Sypolt and Curt Keplinger and Highland New Wind Development partners Henry "Mac" McBride and Tal McBride.

A 79-year-old Hardy County woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday on U.S. Route 220 in Grant County, according to West Virginia State Police.

When: Nov. 15 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Theme: "Celebrating Autumn" Cost: Free The Grant County Arts Council Inc.

The public is invited to attend "The Cost of Substance Abuse and the Legislative Process" and participate in a community journey looking at our local drug problems from many angles Thursday at 7 p.m. at Kaposy's located on South Main Street in Petersburg.

Edgar Loring was a difficult person to understand, according to his landlady of 23 years, Bonnie Otis.

Lucy West of Fisher will give a talk on early music of the South Branch Valley at 7 p.m. Nov.

South Side Depot in Petersburg is hosting the "Autumn Splendor Dinner Train," a unique railroad experience featuring an early afternoon dinner and a show, on Saturday.

The South Side Depot in Petersburg will hold the "Autumn Splendor Dinner Train" on Oct.

It was more than 40 years ago, back in 1965 to be exact, that work began on Corridor H, a four-lane highway that wold link Interstate 79 in North Central West Virginia with the Virginia state line.

Left: The West Virginia Farm Bureau, Inc., recently recognized Keyser Primary Middle School students in the "Picture Agriculture in West Virginia" school poster contest.