Fayette County News

The world's coolest small town's Heritage Festival is in full swing. Saturday is day 4 of the annual 5-day event in Fayetteville.

July 3, 2009 Annual Appalachian String Band Music Festival comes to Fayette County July 29-Aug. 2 Special to Huntingtonnews.net The West Virginia Division of Culture and History's 20th Appalachian String Band Music Festival will be held July 29 - Aug.

Business is booming in one Fayette County town. Construction is underway on the third largest business in Fayetteville.

Crews spent much of the day setting things up. FAYETTEVILLE- -- The fourth of July is still a few days away, but the celebration got started Thursday night in Fayette County.

A Fayette County man was arrested after authorities say he burglarized a house and burned it right after the homeowner was killed in a car accident.

After years of Dunloup Creek in Fayette County constantly flooding, officials think they've found a solution: abandon the region.

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 ; 05:47 PM Area chosen from proposals submitted across the country.

Beware... Thata s the message Fayette County Sheriff Wayne Hannah is sending to elderly women in Fayette County.

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- After years of Dunloup Creek in Fayette County constantly flooding, officials think they've found a solution: abandon the region.

Federal stimulus money is heading to a duo of head start programs in West Virginia.

PROGRAMMING NOTE>>> CBS News will air a 1-Hour Special tonight on the death of Michael Jackson.

The Department of Health and Human Resources has issued a boil-water advisory for the Meadow Bridge water system in Fayette County.

Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 ; 05:59 PM Post Comment Updated Tuesday, June 23, 2009 ; 06:43 PM Workers say they are busy with the final phase.

An arrest has been made in the murder of an elderly woman on Charleston's westside.

"Donald Hogg, loving husband to Ruth Hogg, married March 8, 1958." "Our beloved Elizabeth." "My wonderful husband, Bob Elder." Greathie Thompson.

West Virginia assessors say a multimillion-dollar state-funded property appraisal study is a duplication of efforts and a potential waste of money.

The federal government is dispensing more than $2 million to groups across West Virginia to run a program aimed at providing education and job training for "at risk" people between the ages of 16 and 24.

Officials with the United States Department of Agriculture will host a meeting tonight to get the word out about flood buyouts in one Fayette County community.

The district attorney will decide. Fayette County officials will meet today to decide if any charges will be filed in the death of a 10-year-old Fayette County boy who died early Sunday morning after he was shot in the head the day before by his 12-year-old brother, Sheriff Wayne Hannah said.

FLOOD RELIEF NEWSROOM>>> NEW: Victims of Flooding in Mingo, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer and Raleigh Counties can begin applying for FEMA disaster relief now.