Local News: Seattle, WA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Wyoming County News Editors

News Widget

Display the Wyoming County news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Wyoming County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Sunday | Logan Banner

100 weapons, $580,000 cash seized from W.Va. home

Police in Wyoming County say they've confiscated 100 firearms, $580,000 in cash and hundreds of pills from the home of an accused drug dealer.

Comment?

Related Topix: McGraws, WV

Sat May 18, 2013

WCHS-TV Charleston

Wyoming County Accident

Rick Lord Web Producer: Heath Harrison Reported: May. 17, 2013 10:11 PM EDT Updated: May.

Comment?

Related Topix: Matheny, WV

Thu May 16, 2013

Charleston Gazette

Waste: Drug-ruined lives

We've never understood why so many, many younger West Virginians are compelled to wreck their lives and their futures through dope.

6 comments

Related Topix: West Virginia, Kanawha County, WV, Oceana, WV, Mingo County, WV, Opinion

Mon May 13, 2013

Charleston Daily Mail

The cure for Oxyanas is a economic growth

The film "Oxyana" takes a look at the drug problems facing the community of Oceana in Wyoming County.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oceana, WV, West Virginia, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Papua New Guinea, World News, Welch, WV, Opinion

Sun May 12, 2013

Charleston Daily Mail

Small town faces up to films image of 'Oxyana'

Residents of Oceana, a town of 1,400 people in Wyoming County, don't deny the community has a drug problem.

10 comments

Related Topix: Oceana, WV, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

Fri May 10, 2013

WOAY

Copper theft arrest made in Wyoming Co.

A Wyoming County man is arrested after police say he broke into a pharmacy through the roof causing a substantial amount of damage.

Comment?

Hispanic Business

Dogwood Festival is under way in Mullens

May 09--Mullens' annual Dogwood Festival is under way, according to Susan England-Lord, project chairman.

Comment?

Related Topix: The Bellamy Brothers, Country

Thu May 09, 2013

WCHS-TV Charleston

Documentary About Prescription Abuse Criticized By Town's Residents

Kennie Bass Web Producer: Heath Harrison Reported: May. 9, 2013 8:47 PM EDT Updated: May.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oceana, WV

Wed May 08, 2013

The Miami Herald

Fred Grimm: Florida oxy pills have long, deadly reach

Oceana is a misnomer, a small town at the confluence of the Clear Fork and Laurel Fork rivers in the mountains of southern West Virginia, some 400 miles from the nearest ocean.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oceana, WV, Drugs

Tue May 07, 2013

Big News Network.com

"Oxyana" gets bad review from Oceana resident

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

Comment?

Fri May 03, 2013

Charleston Gazette

The Charleston Gazette: Oxyana -- West Virginia tragedy

At New York's Tribeca Film Festival, viewers saw a horrifying documentary showing how painkiller addiction wrecked an Appalachian town, after the coal industry faded.

3 comments

Related Topix: West Virginia, Oceana, WV, Charleston, WV, Opinion

Thu May 02, 2013

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Boy Scout volunteers to help clear 1912 mine disaster burial site

The McDowell County Commission has tracked down the location of an unmarked cemetery near Havaco - a small un-incorporated community a few miles west of the Welch city limits - and are preparing to work with volunteers from the Boy Scouts of America to initiate clearing efforts at the site.

Comment?

Related Topix: McDowell County, WV, Welch, WV, Jed, WV, Fayette County, WV

Wed May 01, 2013

WCHS-TV Charleston

WV Mine Foreman Accused Of Safety Violations

Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia A federal grand jury has indicted a southern West Virginia mine foreman on safety violation charges.

Comment?

Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Bluefield, WV

Mon Apr 29, 2013

Charleston Daily Mail

Police say Wyoming County man killed his mother

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Authorities say a Wyoming County man murdered his mother and left her body in front of the Sulasville area home they shared.

Comment?

Related Topix: Charleston, WV

West Virginia Metro

Wyoming County man in custody after mother's death

Wyoming County Sheriff Randall Aliff told MetroNews deputies have charged Josh May, 30, of Saulsville, in the Monday morning death of 63-year-old Sandra May, also of Saulsville.

Comment?

Related Topix: Saulsville, WV

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Independent Herald

Civil War General Robert E. Lee will be portrayed by Al Stone of Hinton at Wyoming County Civil War Days in Oceana, on Saturday, May 11, at 2 p.m. As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee gained the reputation as one of the most audacious military leaders the U.S. ever produced while also endearing himself to leaders and common folk of ... (more)

Comment?

Related Topix: Hinton, WV, Oceana, WV

Independent Herald

fficers in the Wyoming County Sheriff's Department are being trained...

David Adams of the Marmet Police Department conducted an eight-hour course on use of the electroshock weapons at the Pineville Fire Department last week.

Comment?

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Police pursue two on foot in separate incidents

Mercer County Sheriff's deputies, troopers with the West Virginia State Police, and a U.S. Marshal engaged in dual foot pursuits in two areas of the county Friday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Mercer County, WV, Lashmeet, WV, Princeton, WV

Fri Apr 26, 2013

Independent Herald

SBA awards $1.25 million for new Huff

West Virginia's School Building Authority awarded $1.25 million for the new Huff Consolidated School at a meeting in Charleston on Monday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Pineville, WV

Thu Apr 25, 2013

Independent Herald

Robert E. Lee to be portrayed at Civil War Days

Civil War General Robert E. Lee will be portrayed by Al Stone of Hinton at Wyoming County Civil War Days in Oceana, on Saturday, May 11, at 3 p.m. As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee gained the reputation as one of the most audacious military leaders the U.S. ever produced while also endearing himself to leaders and common folk of ... (more)

Comment?

Related Topix: Hinton, WV, Oceana, WV