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Wednesday Jul 30 | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Cookie-cutter tributes? No! Insensitive DOH - memorials' miss the point

Crosses. Flowers. Messages of love and grief. These handmade tributes to loved ones lost in motor vehicle accidents can be seen along roads and highways across southern West Virginia and the rest of the ...

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Mon Jul 28, 2008

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Cookie-cutter tributes? No! Insensitive DOH - memorials' miss the point

Crosses. Flowers. Messages of love and grief. These handmade tributes to loved ones lost in motor vehicle accidents can be seen along roads and highways across southern West Virginia and the rest of the ...

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Related Topix: Mercer County, WV, Princeton, WV, Opinion

Sat Jul 26, 2008

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Motorcycle Accident Victim Remains In Hospital

A Walker, West Virginia man remains in poor condition Thursday after a weekend motorcycle accident on Corridor D. Witnesses said Sunday Robert Jenkins was changing lanes on U.S. Route 50 when the trike flipped ...

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV

Thu Jul 24, 2008

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Motorcycle Accident Victim Remains In Hospital

A Walker, West Virginia man remains in poor condition Thursday after a weekend motorcycle accident on Corridor D. Witnesses said Sunday Robert Jenkins was changing lanes on U.S. Route 50 when the trike flipped ...

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Weirton Daily Times

Eastbound tunnel tube closing today

Plans call for the eastbound tube of the Wheeling Tunnel to close sometime today, and to remain shut down for at least the next 14 weeks.

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Related Topix: Wheeling, WV

Mon Jul 21, 2008

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Three-Wheel Motorcycle Accident on U.S. Rt. 50

Eastbound traffic on Corridor D was re-routed to Seventh Street after a three-wheel motorcycle accident around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV

Fri May 23, 2008

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Skirmish over battle of Volcano

' Mountwood Park officials hope to draw crowds with an impressive number of Civil War re-enactors, cannons and horses for a mock battle over the weekend - ' even though there never was a battle at Volcano.

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Wed Mar 12, 2008

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Online petition started to save old.....

“This is an opportunity for people to put themselves on record.”

On-line petition makes last-ditch effort to save Blizzard home By JODY MURPHY PARKERSBURG - A West Virginia University graduate student is making a last-ditch effort to save the Blizzard mansion. via Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV, Parkersburg, WV

Sat Feb 23, 2008

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Sexual Assault Arrest

A routine traffic stop turns up alleged wrongdoing and leads to an arrest for sexual assault of an underage girl. via WTAP-TV Parkersburg

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV

Mon Feb 18, 2008

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Biker rally proposed for Mountwood .....

“Why don't we see if we can get her down here next month”

' Mountwood Park officials are discussing the possibility of holding a motorcycle rally at the park. via Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV, Marketing

Fri Feb 15, 2008

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Civil War history group formed

“We'll check into the insurance issues”

' By order of the Wood County Commission, a Civil War living history/re-enactors group to be known as Capt. via Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV, Smithville, WV, War, WV

Sun Feb 10, 2008

Register-herald.com

Everett Lilly, band kick off new year with concerts

“Right now, this band - we are hotter than a firecracker”

With the success of their 2007 CD, Everett Lilly & The Lilly Mountaineers are expecting 2008 to be a concert-packed year. via Register-herald.com

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Related Topix: Bluegrass, Rhonda Vincent, Beckley, WV, Wheeling, WV

Tue Feb 05, 2008

WCHS

Three Presidential Candidates Headed to WV

Super Tuesday is just hours away and West Virginia will be a big part of it. 24 states will hold primaries or caucuses, including the Mountain State. via WCHS

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Simon, WV, Chauncey, WV, Flatwoods, WV

Fri Jan 04, 2008

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Body Identified, Investigation Underway

“They were doing it up until they were notified he's been found”

Around 1 p.m. Friday, the Wirt County Sheriff's Department and West Virginia State Police checked and confirmed with the Ritchie County Sheriff Department that a body found by a well tender was the body of ... via WTAP-TV Parkersburg

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Related Topix: Smithville, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Cairo, WV, Wirt County, WV

Sat Dec 29, 2007

Tyler Star News

Commissioners support authority's plan

“As part of this effort, we are asking each county commission to pass a resolution supporting the upgrading of (state) Route 2. A separate resolution will be offered in the near future regarding Interstate 68.”

Tyler County Commissioners have agreed to support the West Virginia Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority resolution for the promotion of commerce on state Route 2. In a request issued to the commission, the ... via Tyler Star News

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Related Topix: Tyler County, WV, Dallas, WV, Glen-Easton, WV, Belleville, WV

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Walker, West Virginia is located in Wood County. Zip codes in Walker, WV include 26180.

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