Beckley News

Eight housing projects in southern West Virginia will get a total of $2.1 million for modernization projects and facility improvements, including projects in Boone and Mingo counties, according to U.S. Rep.

On Feb. 1, Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity broke ground on a new house in partnership with Colette Godfrey and her family on the corner of Barton Road and Cato Street in White Sulphur Springs.

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- A federal inmate serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Beckley has been sentenced to eight years in prison for separate assaults on guards.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Virginia firm will help the West Virginia Parkways Authority choose a developer for property at Tamarack.

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Hair stylist Ashli Cutlip cuts Sandi Simmons' hair at Jeanie's Stylin Salon in Hillsboro.

Also elected: Jeffrey Jarrell of Surveyor, president-elect; Lee Allen of Charleston, vice president; Brett Eckley of Beckley, secretary; and Dallas Nibert of Huntington, treasurer.

They left for Afghanistan exactly one year ago. Friday, the 156th Military Police Detachment of the West Virginia National Guard returned home.

A Raleigh County attorney faces disciplinary charges she failed to diligently settle an estate of a Boone County woman.

There probably isn't a more fitting place for a public viewing and memorial for former West Virginia Gov.

Mountain State University on Wednesday celebrated the opening of its new Academic Support Center for the Martinsburg campus of the Beckley, W.Va.-based private school.

The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission announced on Wednesday that the sites for state championships in football, cross country and soccer will remain the same as they have been in recent seasons.

TRG Customer Services announced Tuesday it will add 150 jobs at its Elkins Contact Center, an expansion that company officials labeled a "reward" for local staff.

Company officials and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced the expansion Tuesday during a media event and open house at the Elkins call center.

Future NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal will be the guest speaker at the annual Big Atlantic Classic tip-off banquet on Sunday, Jan.

Captain Billie Trump was sworn in as the department's chief by Mayor Emmett Pugh.

Smith died Jan. 17 at the age of 93. He served as governor from 1965 until 1969, according to Melton Mortuary in Beckley.

Residents of the Beckley area have long sought a local pathway to higher education, and Beckley College was founded in 1933.

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Attorney General Darrell McGraw: will have representatives from his office at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Milton Senior Center, 1032 Church St., Milton; and at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Raleigh County Commission on Aging, 1614 South Kanawha St., Beckley.