Richwood News

Investigators say a house fire that claimed the life of a 51-year-old woman Thursday in Richwood appears to have been accidental in nature.

One person died Thursday in a house fire in Richwood, authorities said. The fire on East Cranberry Street was reported shortly after noon, according to the Nicholas County Emergency Operations Center.

The state Fire Marshal's office is investigating the cause of a house fire that claimed the life of a Richwood woman on Thursday.

The Saturday Evening Post article written by Roul Tunley triggered the ire of the Mountain State by putting the region's poverty issues again into the national spotlight.

When it's all said and done, more than $7 million worth of renovations and new construction will do far more than give Summersville Memorial Hospital a facelift.

When it's all said and done, more than $7 million worth of renovations and new construction will do far more than give Summersville Memorial Hospital a facelift.

Although it isn't yet Halloween, authorities in Nicholas County went door-to-door Wednesday, executing 36 drug-related arrest warrants as part of "Operation Trick or Treat." The Nicholas County Sheriff's Department, Summersville Police Department, West Virginia State Police, Department of Natural Resources, United States Marshals Service and the ...

Authorities arrested 36 people during a warrant sweep in Nicholas County. Operation Trick or Treat involved officers from the Nicholas Sheriff's Department, Summersville Police, State Police, the state Division of Natural Resources, U.S. Marshals and FBI agents.

Three-dozen Nicholas County residents are named in a number of arrest warrants as part of what authorities are calling Operation Trick or Treat.

More than $28 million is coming to West Virginia as part of federal legislation to control flooding across the nation.

Head-on collision in Nicolas County claims the life of Ashford man By JOANIE NEWMAN EDITOR A head-on collision in Nicholas County claimed two lives this past Friday, according to reports from the Nicolas County Sheriffa s department.

Former Ravenswood High School coach Dale Hinkle will be one of six inductees honored into the West Virginia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame today at the Embassy Suites in Charleston.

Two people were killed Friday in a head-on collision in Nicholas County, and police said one of the vehicles went through the front of a house after impact.

Thumbs up ... to Dave McCollam, winner of the 12th annual Beckley Half Marathon.

A car plunged down a 200-foot embankment Thursday in Richwood, sending the driver to a Charleston hospital, city police said.

Three West Virginia artists are the recipients of the 2009 Tamarack Foundation Fellowships Awards, presented at the Sept.19 Tamarack Foundation Gala in Beckley.

The words golf and trees can often be adversarial. More than one golf club has been launched skyward in frustration after a ball is sliced or hooked into a wooded section of the course, often leaving the club in better position than the ball.

Bill and Nancy Giacomo of Boomer sit next to a picture of their son, the late Billy Giacomo, Saturday at Cherry Hill Country Club in Richwood, site of the ninth annual Bill Giacomo Memorial Golf Tournament.

Former Nicholas County Emergency Services Director Joey DeRito is serving 30 days in jail, part of a sentenced handed down for his guilty plea to falsifying accounts.

Motorcyclists from all over participated Saturday morning in the annual Summersville Freedom Rally.