Rachel News

A Ripley High School student who loves watching West Virginia sunsets has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 West Virginia Scholar Award.

Nearly a century ago, the rugged hills of southern West Virginia were laid siege to one of the bloodier confrontations in domestic history, a pitched battle between union miners and coal operators, rivaling the carnage that darkened the land in the Civil War.

Reservations and sponsorships are being accepted for the 15th Annual Myrtle Beach Dinner Dance that benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia.

Rachel Cantrell and 5 family members moved into the just opened FEMA temporary housing park in Mingo County on U-S 52 Friday.

I have a bad habit of not giving young people enough credit. Specifically, I worry about whether the next generation will work as hard, be as smart or as successful as this one.

West Virginia Wesleyan College has named its second annual West Virginia Scholar.

The teenage girl, who was killed in an ATV accident in Marion County, Sunday, was a student at East Fairmont High School.

One accident in Marion County claimed the life of a teenage girl. The victim was riding with another teen on the railroad tracks near Rachel.

A female juvenile was killed Sunday afternoon in an ATV accident in Marion County.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Rachel Ayers, 16, of Point Pleasant was crowned Miss Teen West Virginia United States on April 4 at a pageant held in Elkins.

In the Old West, cowboys rode their best horses to separate, or "cut," individual cows from the herd.

Two male juveniles are being charged with second-degree arson, a felony, for a fire that occurred earlier this month at a sawmill in Rachel.

A job training seminar sponsored by the McDowell County Economic Development Association in conjunction with Region 1 WorkForce West Virginia and the Federal Bureau of Prisons attracted a crowd of hundreds, according to economic development director Rachel Lester.

More than half of the 320 new full time jobs at the new federal prison taking shape in McDowell County will be filled with local residents.

Area residents hoping to lock up a job at the new federal prison in Welch are being asked to attend an upcoming job information seminar sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

An upcoming job information session at the National Guard Armory in Welch will help area residents looking for a job at the new federal prison in Welch.

Wheeling, WV -- 3,000 high school students from all over the Ohio Valley gathered at Wesbanco arena Wednesday morning for a program called "Rachel's Challenge." Rachel Joy Scott was one of the 13 people killed in the Columbine school massacre, ten years ago.

Victoria Hayden, Jefferson High School; first place, "Eye Spy - The Role of Age in Eyewitness Testimony in Crimes." Rachel Coles, Musselman High School; second place, "Is Perception a Reality?" Biochemistry Cassidy Brown, Hedgesville High School; first place, "Is it Really DNA?" Botany Sarah White, Martinsburg High School; first place, "How Does My ...

RATING: R SHOWINGS: : 8:55 p.m. today, 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the West Virginia Film Festival WHERE: Capital Center Theater "Rachel Getting Married" is the cinematic equivalent of a wedding that just won't end, a movie with a powerful performance from Anne Hathaway but a story undone by the self-indulgence of director Jonathan ...

Circulation declines at the nation's newspapers are speeding up. The Audit Bureau of Circulations said Monday that average daily circulation declined 7.1 percent in the October-March period from the same six-month span in 2007-2008. The latest figure represents data from 395 daily U.S. newspapers that reported in both the current and year-ago ...