Petersburg News

Morgantown will be the first community in West Virginia to have the new 681 area code.

Economic downturn has affected timber business, company representative says. Allegheny Wood Products of Petersburg has sold 55,000 acres to The Forestland Group LLC.

Petersburg-based Bland Fencing recently received from the U.S. Small Business Administration a $350,000 loan through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Richard and Teresa Bland never ask for much, but when the couple decided their Petersburg business, Bland Fencing, needed help, Teresa wouldna t take no for an answer.

Kyle Adam Rosier, 22, New Creek, was struck and killed as he walked along U.S. Route 220 at Moorefield on Saturday about 5 a.m., according to West Virginia State Police.

The valley of the South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands saw an incredible amount of troop activity and action during the Civil War.

Two West Virginia University students will spend a semester abroad in Russia and one in Africa as a result of receiving the 2009-10 National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarship.

Parading in poodle skirts are: Lois Gillies Phillips, St. Petersburg; Nancy Carson Parker, Houston; Pat Reeves Acklin, St.

Molly Look tossed a two-hitter as East Hardy claimed the Class A, Region II, section 4 championship with a 3-0 win over Moorefield on Saturday.

The war against one West Virginia invasive plant species is one you can sink your teeth into.

When: May 1 at 7:30 p.m. Kate Long and Robin Kessinger, two of West Virginia's most compelling traditional performers, have "cooked up a fresh, unique blend of dazzling instrumentals, fresh takes on classic traditional songs, Kate's new-songs-that-sound-old, a cappella singing, audience sing-alongs and laugh-out-loud storytelling," organizers for ...

Spend a special weekend in the "Heartbeat of the Potomac Highlands" during the 17th annual Grant County Spring Mountain Festival in Petersburg.

The Spring Mountain 10K Run-5K Run/Walk will have an added attraction this year for Spring Mountain Festival participants.

Zag Pennell, long-time radio personality on radio station WELD in Grant County, will be honored by a program " Zag Pennell: The Ozark Mountain Boy," a tribute to his life and music.

Attendees at the Taste of Home Cooking School said the cooking tips, great food and easy recipes are what they love about the culinary event.

This is about untruths stated by Ann Brown, director of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va., towards Re-Entry Associates .

Four area students attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards conference Feb. 14-16 at the 4-H Airfield Center in Wakefield.

Skyhawks head to State Tournament, ending long drought. *Scott 65, Sissonville 62 *Ravenswood 41, Magnolia 36 *Click on the camera icon to watch highlights on the 13 Sports Zone.

A Maysville man charged with murder from a Saturday shooting in Grant County remained jailed without bond Monday at the Potomac Highlands Regional Jail.

Bob Roberts, chief of University Police at West Virginia University , is a candidate for a national award honoring top police chiefs and security directors of schools, universities and hospitals.

HAMBLETON?- Darius Dillard scored 16 points and dished out seven assists to help lead Tucker County to a 77-51 win over Petersburg Monday night.