Bluefield News

The Register-Herald plant on North Kanawha Street will be closed for several days for testing of the building's environment following the discovery of algae found in two air-conditioning-heating units.

Back in the early 1990s, not long after Cole Chevrolet moved to its new location on U.S. Route 460 in Bluefield, the dealership erected a flagpole large enough to support an American flag that measures 15 feet by 25 feet.

A Mercer County man whose escape attempt bought him five extra minutes of freedom may get up to five extra years in prison.

A Mercer County magistrate has ruled there is probable cause in the case of a Bluefield man facing multiple charges, including attempted murder.

A 17-year-old student at Bluefield High School was sentenced this week to four months in open custody at the P.E.I. Youth Centre for possession of drugs for the purposes of trafficking.

Area first responders are handling numerous calls about fallen trees and downed power lines as a storm comes through the Mercer County area.

The five directors-elect of the Bluefield city board met as a group this morning and selected Tom Cole to serve as mayor, and although there is no requirement under city code to select a vice mayor, the directors-elect selected Barbara Thompson Smith to serve as vice mayor.

About one year ago, few people outside of professionals in the meteorological sciences knew what the term derecho meant.

A charge of first-degree murder is among the indictments handed down this week by the June session of the Mercer County grand jury.

Both units will be replaced with new, larger units. Construction is expected to begin later this year and to be completed by the spring of 2014.

The Everyone with Diabetes Counts program is providing several opportunities around the state for people with Medicare to participate in free diabetes education classes.

Public meetings in connection with a proposed rate increase from West Virginia American Water are scheduled to start Tuesday evening.

Police in Bluefield are looking for a stolen vehicle that they hope will also lead them to a group of juveniles responsible for a widespread act of weekend vandalism in the city.

Residents and parishioners said they were shocked and angered Saturday morning when they woke up to graffiti scrawled across fences, vehicles and the walls of a local church.

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Officials involved in a two-year joint law enforcement effort fight against southern West Virginia's illegal prescription drug trade said the initiative is making a difference.

U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia announced at a press conference on Thursday morning that indictments that were returned in early May were recently unsealed, and that the 5 individuals named in the indictments can be added to the 16 people who were named in indictments that were unsealed on Wednesday.

Booth Goodwin, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, came to the Elizabeth Kee Building in Bluefield this morning to show his support for the on-going law enforcement effort known as the Bluefield Pill Initiative.

Bluefield, Mercer County , West Virginia A federal grand jury has indicted more than a dozen people on charges of conspiring to distribute oxycodone in Mercer and Wyoming counties.

Sixteen individuals have been charged in a 51-count federal indictment on charges relating to the distribution of oxycodone in Bluefield and Wyoming County.