Mercer County News

A new program designed to keep juveniles from going down the deadly road of drug abuse was celebrated Monday by state and county court officials who hope it will help young people before they become adult offenders.

Bluegrass musicians Melvin and the late Ray Goins are among seven unique state artists that will be inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.

Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2013.

When weather fronts with the potential for bringing flash flooding, snowstorms or other inclement weather are approaching the region, forecasters and emergency service agencies have a variety of ways to alert the public.

Signs welcoming visitors to "The Heart of Mercer County" will soon be up at major entryways to the city of Princeton.

Hundreds of graduates are about to leave institutions of higher learning and head into the workforce, and while unemployment figures remain high, there are jobs to be found.

The Gran Mercer Metric Charity Bike Ride scheduled for Saturday in Mercer County has been postponed until June 15.

The Gran Mercer Metric Charity Bike Ride scheduled for Saturday, May 11, has been postponed until Saturday, June 15.

Communications are a big part of what chambers of commerce do for local businesses, so the Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce recently let local restaurants know that they may see a bigger than usual lunch business on Saturday.

Officials in two Mercer County cities are hoping to apply for the state's newly expanded home rule program.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia American Water has lifted a boil-water advisory for about 350 customers in the Spanishburg area of Mercer County after a scheduled water service disruption on May 5. Beckley Water Co.

Billions of cicadas, also known as 17-year-locusts, are expected along the East Coast this year, but for West Virginia, it's not the season for this particular breed of the bug.

A boil water advisory issued by West Virginia American Water has been lifted for Mercer County residents in the Spanishburg, Lashmeet and Kegley areas.

Emergency responders were dispatched to a business in Green Valley following a logging accident Monday.

Mercer and McDowell County legislators said Wednesday that they were in favor of introducing and supporting bills allowing counties to enact their own spay and neuter ordinances.

MARK Sanford may be America's most repulsive politician. While he was South Carolina's governor, he vanished five days, reportedly hiking the Appalachian Trail, while he secretly flew to South America to be with a lover.

Sen. Bill Cole, R-Mercer, is both encouraged, and discouraged, by what he is seeing in Charleston.

Several hundred West Virginia American Water customers in Mercer County should expect a temporary water outage on Sunday due to repairs.

The Mercer County Sheriff's Department has transferred the investigation into the deaths of approximately 10 pit bull puppies that were discovered last weekend near Bluefield over to the Mercer County Animal Control officer, according to John McGinnis, assistant Mercer County prosecuting attorney.

Approximately 350 West Virginia American Water customers in the Spanishburg area of Mercer County should expect a temporary water outage on Sunday due to water system repairs.