Bluefield News

Construction on the new $16.2 million King Coal Highway bridge project in Bluefield is complete.

The election in the Commonwealth is over. It seems that at least for another year the election process is over in the Virginia, or is it? Virginia, like the other 49 states, will choose her U.S. Congressional representatives next November in 2010.

The charges range from tax evasion to production of child pornography. BECKLEY- -- A Bluefield doctor is among four people indicted by a federal grand jury.

A Castlewood man was struck by an automobile and killed on U.S. 19-460 Nov. 1. First Sgt.

A Virginia man was killed in a car accident that happened over the weekend. Virginia State Troopers said Phillip Albert Wray, 41, of Castlewood, Va., died after being hit by a car Sunday evening.

State Police, fire and rescue personnel responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle Sunday evening at about 6:30 p.m., near the Fast Stop on U.S. Route 19/460 west of Bluefield, Va., town limits.

Graham High School students learned about life at town hall Wednesday when they participated in the annual Bluefield, Va.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - Peery Bernard Blackwell, 86, of Westwood Health Care Center, Bluefield, Va.

Construction has begun on a new $4.8 million college campus in Mercer County. National College's operations will shift from its current location in Bluefield, Va., to Princeton when the campus is completed.

A larger than normal number of robbery indictments to come out of the October term of the Mercer County grand jury could be tied to a troubled economy, officials said Thursday.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Although the weather outside was unseasonably warm Wednesday afternoon, many used the nice day to seek home heating assistance in anticipation of the next blast of cold weather.

The Graham G-Men seem to be finally finding ways to win after starting the season 0-5. They've rattled off two straight wins including last weeks 46-20 win over Tazewell.

Schools in Tazewell County are offering H1N1 vaccines this week. Graham High School in Bluefield, Va., will begin to disperse the vaccinations on Wednesday.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Several additional companies have inquired about the possibility of building windmills in Tazewell County, officials confirmed Monday.

Morgan Lee McGlothlin, 58, of 2921 South St., Bluefield, W.Va., died Wednesday, Oct.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - In one of the most forceful statements of his term in the General Assembly, Virginia State Senator Phillip P. Puckett, D-Russell, fired a salvo aimed at environmental community, the federal bureaucracy and the present initiative to eliminate Nationwide Permit 21 that regulates surface mining in the U.S. "The U.S. Army Corps of ...

BLUEFIELD, Va. - A person who once served the people of Bluefield, Va., as an administrator will soon serve them again as a member of the Bluefield Town Council.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - It's looking like a good weekend for tax-free shopping in the two Virginias.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - A long line of dignitaries grasped golden shovels Thursday and broke ground for Phase I of a development venue offering the possibility of new jobs and economic diversity for both Virginia and West Virginia.

Ground has been broken for the first phase of a business park in southwest Virginia that economic development officials say will create more than 800 jobs.