Boone County News

It was nice to a oeget away from it alla for a few days recently at Virginia Beach with my daughter Gina and two of my granddaughters, Kassie and Bethany.

The tiny coalfield community of Sylvester has a one-officer police department, seven churches and about 40 street lights.

News from the B.A.R.N. I hope many of you are making plans to attend the 27th annual Nellis-Armco reunion Saturday, June 27, beginning at noon in the Nellis Elementary School gym.

There's no lack of studies on the impact of coal on the environment, the economy and the life and health of people living in a region like Appalachia, the heart of which is West Virginia.

Read more in Coal Tattoo. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Mountaintop removal coal mining is causing "immense and irreversible" damage to Appalachian hills, streams and forests, members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee were told Thursday.

One man is dead after his house caught fire in Alum Creek Wednesday shortly before noon.

Some high profile arrests are being reported by environmental activists in southern West Virginia.

Breaking News>>> A boil water advisory is in effect for residents living in the Stringers Branch area of Drawdy in Boone County.

Breaking News>>> A boil water advisory is in effect for residents living in the Stringers Branch area of Drawdy in Boone County.

Authorities arrested 14 people Thursday after anti-mining activists staged a protest that briefly halted production at one of southern West Virginia's largest coal mines.

Fourteen people are facing charges in Boone County after a protest early Thursday morning at Massey Energy's Twilight Mine, a mountaintop removal mining site.

Deputies and troopers arrested 14 people, 13 of them from out-of-state, Thursday after anti-mining activists staged a protest that briefly halted production at Massey's sprawling Twilight Surface mine.

Have You Seen any of These People? Reported by: June 16, 2009 10:37pm Tara Barrett-King is wanted for allegedly attempting to operate a meth lab.

The mother of a Boone County woman who was left comatose after a 2007 tractor trailer accident is suing West Virginia Steel.

The story of the West Virginia coal miner has been told so many times that I will allow this picture to speak for itself.

The Boone County Health Department has confirmed two cases of swine flu in Boone County.

Stitches of Love meets every Thursday at the Racine Community Center. The group crochets and knits baby blankets for the neonatal wards at area hospitals.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Heritage and Arts Center's Grand Opening : Larry Lodato, Joy Underwood, Congressman Nick J. Rahall, Delores W. Cook, Kay Goodwin.

It was an ambulance crew out of Logan County that flipped over during an early morning traffic accident at Danville today.

The trial of a 60-year-old Pond Fork area man accused of sexual assault was postponed Monday due to problems choosing a jury.