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June 27, 2009 BOOK NOTES: Saturday Writers Coffeehouse at Borders at Huntington Mall Special to Huntingtonnews.net Barboursville, WV --- The Huntington Mall Borders is now inviting the public to their store today, Saturday, June 27th, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., for a networking session and book-signing event.

Solid police work, solid observations by an eye witness and modern electronic communications combined Friday afternoon to put a Mercer County woman behind bars as a suspect in a bank robbery.

The theater world knows him as Rob Ashford, award-winning choreographer. Nominated four times for a Tony award, he won the coveted prize in 2002 for "Thoroughly Modern Millie." In Beckley, they remember him as Rob Davis, "just a regular kid growing up in a church-going family," he said.

WVU Libraries hosts event about famous abolitionist John Brown Festivities in honor of the founding of West Virginia MORGANTOWN, W.Va. West Virginia University Libraries will celebrate West Virginia's birthday on Friday, June 19 with a lecture and an exhibit about abolitionist John Brown at the Charles C. Wise Library.

WVU Civil Engineering Academy Inductees - Left to right, Ray E. Martin, David R. Martinelli, Roger K. Seals, and Chester Allen were inducted into the WVU Academy of Civil Engineers recently.

West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis denounced the idea of an intermediate appellate court system for the state as costly and unneccesary.

May 26, 2009 BOOK REVIEWS: Woodland Press Publishes 'The Blair Mountain War,' and 'Princess Aracoma,' Standalone Books from G.T. Swain's 'The History of Logan County' By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic Devotees of West Virginia's colorful history have reason to cheer with the publication of two books that originally appeared in G.T.

St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of St. Albans will celebrate the eighth anniversary of the Rev.

May 23, 2009 Bill Will Allow Five Pre-Trial Release Pilot Projects Special to Huntingtonnews.net From a West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Press Release Charleston, WV -- Gov.

Although we're finished running our daily stories on the individual camps in our 2009 Send-A-Child-To-Camp program, the fund drive isn't over -- and we still have a long way to go to meet our goal.

By Tony Rutherford Huntingtonnews.net Reporter Huntington, WV - Huntington Police Chief Skip Holbrook told the audience at the Police Memorial Service that during the last year there were 'in excess of 40 commendations;' however, for recognition at the service, the chief selected those of particular valor where lives were on the line.

A Texas company that helps consumers resolve debt is barred from doing business in West Virginia - at least temporarily.

West Virginia legislators respected the constitutional separation of powers when they trusted workers' compensation managers to devise a method for evaluating spine injuries, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.

May 14, 2009 BOOK NOTES: 'Legends of the Mountain State' Volume 3 to be released at WV Book Festival By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic Nationally recognized author and editor Michael Knost, from Logan County, WV, has announced that another installment of his popular series "Legends of the Mountain State" is now in the works and ...

West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is sponsoring a Continuing Legal Education seminar focusing on current legal developments in the state's civil justice system.

Corridor H, the long-planned four-lane highway stretching from Interstate 79 at Weston to the Virginia border near Wardensville, is among 57 federal projects marked for termination in a supplement to President Obama's 2010 budget released on Thursday.

My time at Charleston Stage Company's Summer Arts Camp was the best two weeks of my life," wrote one former camper.

The "All Vinyl Dance Party & Art Exhibit" is set for 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at St.

Summit Community Bank has acquired the Tuscan Ridge housing development near Canaan Valley at an auction for $1.35 million.

If you are of the latter persuasion then you should make your way on up the Allegheny Mountains and book a few nights at the Bright Morning Inn .