Fort Ashby News

“We are currently operating with two dispatchers (per shift), but this gives us the capacity to go to five positions”

Mineral County's commissioners are scheduled to receive an update today on bids for the construction of the new 911 Center to be built on Pine Swamp Road. via Cumberland Times-News

Debbie Summers looks through the mystery and fiction books Tuesday afternoon at the Fort Ashby Library during the book sale. via Cumberland Times-News

Fort Ashby Intermediate School third-grader Reuben Cottrill, left, shapes a face in a pumpkin Wednesday afternoon as Frankfort High School freshman Dustin Bradshaw helps hold it on the playground of the school ... via Cumberland Times-News

Alma Frase sits at left amongst holiday decorations at the Ye Olde Homestead in Fort Ashby, W.Va. The Homestead will hold its 23rd annual old-fashioned open house Friday, Saturday and Sunday. via Cumberland Times-News

“Paper ballots would have to be counted by hand by the poll workers”

Opting not to use the electronic voting machines for the Mineral County Board of Education's bond levy election next year, the Mineral County Commission approved the use of the optical-scan ballots instead. via Cumberland Times-News

Members of the Goal Seekers 4-H set out on a hay ride from the Fort Ashby Community Center Sunday afternoon on their way to Wagoner's Farm for a day of activities including an egg toss, sack race and other ... via Cumberland Times-News

“The wreckage is typically kept for one to three years. "We will have some preliminary information on our Web site, probably by (Oct. 24)”

It will be six to 12 months before the National Transportation Safety Board issues a final report dealing with the crash of a twin-engine plane near Scenic Lane on Sunday that took the lives of four people, ... via Cumberland Times-News

Authorities in Mineral County, West Virginia, say four people, including a couple from LaVale, Maryland, were killed when their aircraft crashed after taking off from Greater Cumberland Regional Airport. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

“We have 193 volunteers signed up right now”

Almost 200 volunteers from all over the county have signed up to participate in Mineral County's Day of Caring & Sharing on Thursday. via Cumberland Times-News

Fire of an unknown origin destroyed a vacant residence on state Route 28 in Short Gap early today. via Cumberland Times-News

Consulting archeologist and author Hunter Lesser measures soil levels in a test square where a portion of a stockade trench was found as Stephen McBride screens material for artifacts Tuesday afternoon at ... via Cumberland Times-News

On the Record Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 10:01 PM CDT E-mail this story | Print this page Mineral County Sheriff's Department On Saturday, Sept. via Mineral Daily News-Tribune

“It is not the final solution but it will help with some of the interoperability problems”

Mineral County 911 dispatchers still operate with paper and pencil but that will change significantly by next year as the service relocates and upgrades its technology, according to local emergency officials. via Cumberland Times-News

The highest-ranking U.S. soldier convicted of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was paroled from military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., his lawyer said. via Charleston Daily Mail

Seven-year-old Bronson Mulvey kicks a goal Friday evening during soccer practice at the Potomac Highlands Soccer Club along state Route 46 west of Fort Ashby. via Cumberland Times-News

“I'm all in favor of a new elementary school, but I'm going to let everybody know right up front I'm not in favor of closing any schools in this county”

It's finally official: Fountain, New Creek and Fort Ashby primary schools and Frankfort Intermediate School will remain open. via Cumberland Times-News

The Fort Ashby Community Educational Outreach Service met recently at the Methodist Church. via Cumberland Times-News