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Wood County commissioners authorized $9,500 from the Innovative Grant program for three sports tournaments to be held locally.

Mike Swick of Hoyman Painting of Cumberland, uses a roller to paint the railing outside the new judicial building on the corner of South High Street and Gravel Lane in Romney, W.Va., Wednesday morning as the ...

The new Berkeley County Youth Fair queen says she will walk in the footsteps of her role models.

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told 850 KOA Newsradio in Denver that he's not planning to be on the Republican ticket with John McCain.

Name an old-time dance award, and Lou Maiuri has probably won it ... he even danced at the Grand Ole Opry's 75th anniversary celebration.

An apartment complex at Gravel Lane and Bolton Street was engulfed in flames early Monday afternoon.

The city of Martinsburg may soon join Charles Town as one of the subjects of a series of documentaries highlighting the rich history of towns throughout the state.

Following a "remarkably good year with important progress in a number of areas," the Region 8 Planning and Development Council is beginning preparation of a new five-year plan, according to Director Ken Dyche.

Family Preservation Services of West Virginia Inc. now occupies its new office at 285 W. Birch Lane, where an open house was held recently to raise community awareness.

The timber rattlesnake has been designated West Virginia's official state reptile.

With the clarity that comes from a diverse ministry that spans four decades, the Rev.

Kicking off the Hampshire County Arts Council's 2008 free Summer Concerts on the Lawn series at 5 p.m. on Sunday will be Resonance from Pittsburgh.

A Brooke County woman who had been reported missing was being treated at Hampshire Memorial Hospital in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.

West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steven L. Paine praised Hampshire County Superintendent Robin Lewis Thursday for the county's progress in overcoming a long list of deficiencies that led to the ...

Two home school supporters from Mineral County asked the West Virginia State Board of Education Wednesday to investigate Superintendent Skip Hackworth's actions in recent months, which they say have been "in ...

Approximately 45 years ago, Patterson Creek, W.Va., resident Ralph Webb had just returned from a fruitful day of squirrel hunting.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in Hampshire County that left one man injured.

Mutual-aid calls increase in Capon Bridge area Mona Ridder The Hampshire County Commission received a letter from the county administrator of Frederick County, Va., concerning increasing mutual-aid calls to ...

Sunrise Development Co. has offered its package sewer plant to county officials to help resolve some of Hampshire County's sewer inadequacies.

A 26-year-old Fort Ashby man was arrested early Sunday on charges of solicitation of a minor via the computer following a sting operation by the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office.