Pocahontas News

A coal company has removed to federal court a complaint in which a Raleigh County man claims he sustained a broken leg and other serious injuries after he was pinned between a machine and the wall of a coal mine.

When Capt. John Smith walked ashore at Jamestown, he did not encounter an uninhabited land.

William Wesley Sawyer, 50, of 3715 Moutain Terrace Rd., Asheboro, N.C., died Monday November 30, 2009 at his home.

Jack N. Gilmore, 85, of Maple Acres, Princeton, W.Va. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 28th at his home.

Sometimes there isn't a need to reinvent the wheel. That's the strategy Southwest Virginia leaders are taking with the proposed seven-county Spearhead Trails.

Bluefield's announced intention to promote railroad heritage and the tremendous outpouring of support for last weekend's AMTRAK rail excursion signals the likelihood of a large crowd for the 21st annual Model Train Show at the Bluefield Auditorium on Stadium Drive all day today and Sunday afternoon.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - Wayne Thomas "Oscar" Ratliff, age 69, of Bluefield, Va. passed away Friday, October 23, 2009 in a Bluefield area hospital following a lengthy illness.

I remember that summer down on the Moore Farm in Abb's Valley when the big new school was being built.

A while back, I told you about the late Edgar Shew - one of the most memorable characters I've encountered in 37 years of looking.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - Frances Irene Cullop, 90, of 469 Charley Ave., Bluefield, Va. died Friday, Sept.

State Democrat party leaders were treated to a cookout by Gov. Joe Manchin, Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, Senate Majority Leader H. Truman Chafin, and Democratic Party Chair Nick Casey last Tuesday at Chafin's home in Charleston.

Despite a troubled state economy, the tourism industry is still booming in Virginia.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Tazewell County officials are still hoping to connect with the Hatfield-McCoy Trail system in neighboring southern West Virginia.

POCAHONTAS, Va. - Don't look now, but it appears as though a two-party political system is returning to Tazewell County, Va.

POCAHONTAS, Va. - National representatives don't pass legislation in a vacuum, and when the bills they champion earn a negative perception at home, coming back to explain the rationale behind supporting a controversial measure can appear challenging.

SLIDESHOW Jack Gravely on the air - Jack's back. Jack Gravely, former head of the Virginia NAACP, returns to Richmond to host a talk show on WLEE.

With a national debate brewing over the controversial cap-and-trade legislation, the timing of the inaugural Coal Summit in Bluefield couldn't be better.

POCAHONTAS, Va. - Two historic cemeteries located in Mercer County near Pocahontas, Va., were on the verge of being prepared for development by a land owner, but a local non-profit organization stepped up to take temporary ownership of the property until the deeds of the cemeteries could be transferred to the appropriate parties.

After more than a decade of planning and preparation, the Portal 31 exhibition mine is near completion and is scheduled to open Oct.

Fireworks shows for the 2009 edition of the Fourth of July weekend help bring back memories of shows from Fourth of July past.