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Alicia Hayes helps the group from Matthews work on her house. The volunteers will return to Gary, W.Va., in August.

July 3, 2009 Chief Justice Benjamin Awards $100,000 in IOLTA Funds Special to Huntingtonnews.net From a WV Supreme Court Press Release Charleston, WV -- Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin awarded $100,000 in IOLTA funds during a 10 a.m. press conference in the Supreme Court Chamber today, Thursday, July 2, 2009.

Before the next harsh floods wash down through the mountainsides and turn Dunloup Creek into a virtual ocean, a sizable pocket of Fayette County could turn into a string of ghost villages.

Members of the Jefferson County Board of Education say the time has come to take a stance on a proposed high-voltage power line that is expected to be built near a local school.

A Northfork woman says doctors at Community Radiology of Virginia failed to diagnose her with breast cancer after an imaging test.

Running a red light could easily translate into seeing blue lights in your rear view mirror.

June 11, 2009 EDITORIAL: Starved for Cash: WV GOP's Party Finances Sagging While the WV Republican Party leadership wrings their hands over the strong possibility of no quorum at this weekend's state committee meeting in Martinsburg, others in the GOP are seriously concerned about the lack of party finances.

The Charleston Branch NAACP: will meet Thursday at the Columbia Gas Building on MacCorkle Avenue.

June 9, 2009 EDITORIAL: Odd Man Out: McKinney Faces Restive GOP State Executive Committee A growing anti-incumbent sentiment may crest at the wrong time for State GOP Chairman Doug McKinney at the summer meeting for the state's Republicans in Martinsburg this weekend.

Members of the Morgan County Board of Education hosted a reception Thursday for their newest member.

West Virginia's Republican Party will need a new executive director starting in July.

Local author Dave Morehead continues to document the macabre side of the Mid-Ohio Valley and surrounding areas in a sequel to his popular book, "Death is No Stranger." The new installment, "Death is No Stranger: The Sequel," documents six grisly cases spanning several decades of area history.

Questions and answers flowed Thursday evening as voters took the opportunity to hear from the candidates on Bluefield's ballot for the June 2 election.

Mike Kellar added an offensive lineman to his first recruiting class at Concord when PikeView's Gary Pritt signed a letter of intent to play for the Mountain Lions on Wednesday at PikeView High School.

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller introduced legislation in the Senate on Thursday to allow people between 55 and 64 to buy early health-care coverage under the Medicare program.

A plastic bottle cap mural on West King Street got the thumbs up from the Martinsburg Historic Preservation Review Commission Monday, but vinyl replacement windows on North Spring Street got the thumbs down.

The Berkeley County Republican Executive Committee sponsored a banquet Saturday night honoring President Lincoln for what's known as the annual Lincoln Day Dinner.

Members of the Falling Waters Battlefield Association hope to keep people interested in the region's rich history by installing interpretive roadside signs that highlight significant local sites.

Beth Gaughan has been busy reviewing a stack of funding requests for this year's $495,303 worth of regular federal Community Development Block Grant money.

The West Virginia Citizen Action Group began its campaign last week to support President Obama's budget proposals.