Summersville News

Local officials will be accompanying a West Virginia congressman on a tour of a southern West Virginia National Guard Armory next week.

Thumbs up ... to winners of the pop top collection for the Ronald McDonald House: Jack Tanner, Sherry Lucero, Janet Walton and Robert Riffle, first-place award for the Raleigh County Commission on Aging; Roger ...

VIENNA When you are a fighting in a war half a world away in a strange land, there is something indescribably special about having your best friend with you to lean on.

Registration is now under way for the second term of summer college classes at the four campuses of New River Community and Technical College.

A health clinic is set to open in Nicholas County later this month to offer health care services to residents who had depended on Richwood Area Community Hospital.

Justin Nida recently placed third at the Top Flite Junior Tour event held at the Golf Club of West Virginia in Parkersburg.

"Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys." - Anonymous Benjamin Young is a man who certainly fits the above saying.

The director of the Nicholas County Office of Emergency Services and his personal assistant were arrested Monday by West Virginia State Police for allegedly using county funds for personal use including hotel ...

Kirk Bjorling of Fayetteville climbs Angel's Arete at the Bridge Buttress near Lansing recently.

Donations are still being accepted for The Salvation Army and The Register-Herald's Camp-4-Kids fund, which, as of June 5, had raised $9,164. Money raised for the fund, which is in its third year, sends area ...

The prosecution withdrew its petition in Raleigh County Circuit Court Tuesday to revoke the probation of a 24-year-old Beckley man, citing the cost of bringing in a witness to testify regarding the evidence.

Wholesale Auto Parts in Summersville, W.Va., has increased its gross margin by 1.5 percent and recently landed a new $80,000 to $100,000 multi-store commercial account by implementing the Activant Eagle for the ...

Easter tiger swallowtail butterflies gather on the ground near U.S. 60 in Beckwith.

Accused murderer William Boggs will wait a while longer to learn his fate. This morning's motion hearing was continued.

James R. Thompson, 66, of Buckhannon died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at his home. He was born November 26, 1941 at Montgomery, W.Va., a son of the late George Elmer and Minnie Marie Ward Thompson.

Larry Silvey Well, I was feeling pretty good about my May editorial, having received a few "atta-boy" calls and an e-mail from the president of a major program group who said he agreed with my assessment of the ...

Thumbs up ... to City National Bank for donating $75,000 to the Greater Greenbrier Valley Community Foundation that will benefit residents of Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties and the surrounding areas.

' It's become an annual Memorial Day Weekend tradition in Martinsburg. And with gas prices hovering at $4 a gallon and creeping upward daily, the two-day West Virginia Wine & Arts Festival has proven a popular ...

When the war heated up in Sadr City last month, the Army called on West Virginia's 821st Engineering Company to put up camouflage screens under fire. via Charleston Gazette

“This is an institution on the cutting edge of Gov. Manchin's and the Legislature's vision for higher education's role in vitalizing our state's economy.”

Mountain State University, New River Community and Technical College and Appalachian Bible College have announced graduation ceremonies and events that begin today. via Register-herald.com