Putnam County News

The state Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council approved a $3 million loan for Diamond Electric Manufacturing Corp.

A man accused of killing another man in a Jackson Street apartment in January pleaded guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter.

The Putnam County Democrat Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the old courthouse at Winfield.

Posted Wednesday, November 4, 2009 ; 10:10 AM View Comments Post Comment Updated Wednesday, November 4, 2009 ; 10:17 AM School leaders will not discuss the circumstances surrounding the suspensions.

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The Web site for the Putnam County Development Authority has been getting up to 48,000 hits a month, many from international locations.

Two people have been charged in connection with an alleged robbery outside of Gino's Pizza & Spaghetti in Putnam County.

A new business recently opened in Harrison County. Foster Supply has done business in Putnam County since 1981 and has served North Central West Virginia for years.

The former sheriff of Putnam County has been fined $100 for a November 2008 DUI arrest.

"I knew if he got to where he could touch me he was going to hurt me and I just reacted first," says Angie Davis, the Manager of Gino's in Hurricane.

Two people were arrested following an armed robbery at a Gino's restaurant in Hurricane Tuesday night.

Authorities are looking for a Putnam County man accused of robbing another man after an argument over drugs.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Putnam County attorney on charges of bankruptcy fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

The pumpkins are going fast in Putnam County. Of the county's two farms that offer customers the chance to pick their own pumpkin, one has completely sold out and the other is running on a limited supply.

In 1984, business owners saw a need for statewide news coverage so they started the now-weekly journal.

St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington announced has announced it will officially break ground on its new Putnam County location on Wednesday in Hurricane.

While loading groceries into the back of her car at the WalMart in Hurricane, a woman who declined to give her name, couldn't keep the frustration out of her voice when asked about the current job market.

Diamond Electric Manufacturing Corp. has won some new business with the Ford Motor Co.

Officials with Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia Inc. said workers at the Putnam County plant will begin making engines for the RAV 4 in December.

St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington is planning a Putnam County expansion. Friday afternoon, they will hold a ground-breaking in Hurricane for the "St. Mary's Family Care Center Hurricane" The facility will be located behind City National Bank and by a senior center that is being built.