Petersburg News

Smoke Hole Caverns re-opened for business Friday after being closed since Tuesday.

A pair of fires late Tuesday and early Wednesday that destroyed the Smoke Hole Caverns gift shop and restaurant were deliberately set, according to a published report.

Fire has seriously damaged the large building housing the restaurant and gift shop at Smoke Hole Caverns in Grant County near Seneca Rocks.

Pocahontas County Commissioners Martin Saffer and David fleming met briefly Saturday morning with West Virginia boundary commission members Charles Sypolt and Curt Keplinger and Highland New Wind Development partners Henry "Mac" McBride and Tal McBride.

A 79-year-old Hardy County woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday on U.S. Route 220 in Grant County, according to West Virginia State Police.

When: Nov. 15 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Theme: "Celebrating Autumn" Cost: Free The Grant County Arts Council Inc.

The public is invited to attend "The Cost of Substance Abuse and the Legislative Process" and participate in a community journey looking at our local drug problems from many angles Thursday at 7 p.m. at Kaposy's located on South Main Street in Petersburg.

Edgar Loring was a difficult person to understand, according to his landlady of 23 years, Bonnie Otis.

Lucy West of Fisher will give a talk on early music of the South Branch Valley at 7 p.m. Nov.

South Side Depot in Petersburg is hosting the "Autumn Splendor Dinner Train," a unique railroad experience featuring an early afternoon dinner and a show, on Saturday.

The South Side Depot in Petersburg will hold the "Autumn Splendor Dinner Train" on Oct.

It was more than 40 years ago, back in 1965 to be exact, that work began on Corridor H, a four-lane highway that wold link Interstate 79 in North Central West Virginia with the Virginia state line.

Left: The West Virginia Farm Bureau, Inc., recently recognized Keyser Primary Middle School students in the "Picture Agriculture in West Virginia" school poster contest.

WVU's version of 'American Idol'....'Mountaineer Idol' is being held at the Mountainlair Friday, September 18, 2009 Born in Nashville and raised in Petersburg, West Virginia, Julia Burton recalls her memories of riding in the car on the way to school singing along with the Judds, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn.

Local, state and federal officials will gather Petersburg and Moorefield Thursday to celebrate and discuss Corridor H. Phyllis Cole with the Corridor H Coalition says the events begin with a workshop at the Landes Arts Center in Petersburg.

A co-owner of the Smoke Hole Resort near Petersburg has been ordered to register as a sex offender as he awaits sentencing on conviction of two felony charges of first-degree sexual abuse.

State Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine issued a clear warning to Grant County school officials Thursday, and called for an immediate audit of the Eastern Panhandle school system.

What: Public workshop to discuss Corridor H's history and the need to finish the highway.

When: Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. Where: At the Harr Theater in the Landes Arts Center, located at 18 Mountain View St.

WARDENSVILLE W.Va. - A Maryland woman was killed and two other people treated at Winchester Medical Center following a three-vehicle crash early Sunday on state Route 259, West Virginia State Police said.