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Del. Daniel Hall says the waiting for the final results in last week's State Senate 9th District primary against Richard Browning was nerve wracking.

At 6 a.m. Monday morning Raleigh County Sheriff's Captain Mitch Barley said a male in his early 20's attempted to break into a home on Haley Hill Drive in Fairdale.

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Del. Daniel Hall says the waiting for the final results in last week's State Senate 9th District primary against Richard Browning was nerve wracking.

Two Alpha Natural Resources subsidiaries are being sued by environmental groups who claim selenium discharges at a surface mine and a coal slurry impoundment in southern West Virginia have violated federal clean water and surface mining laws.

The Raleigh County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of a body found in Stanaford Thursday morning.

Del. Daniel Hall won the hotly contested battle for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate's 9th District over incumbent Sen.

Jack Rinchich retires today from his position as chief of the Department of Safety and Security at the University of Charleston.

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Coalwood has hosted the October Sky Festival for years, but in February they announced it was cancelled.

Brown has been working as a state school improvement specialist for the West Virginia Department of Education .

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The state Board of Education announced Spencer's hiring Thursday. Spencer will replace Jim Brown, who recently was named Raleigh County's superintendent.

A Raleigh County man pleaded guilty in federal court today on multiple charges. 39-year-old Benjamin Webb, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to burglary and aiding and abetting the burglary of a federal post office.

A Raleigh County man is suing Pizza Hut after he claims he was forced to resign from his employment due to discrimination.

Two Alpha Natural Resources subsidiaries are being sued by environmental groups who claim selenium discharges at a surface mine and a coal slurry impoundment in southern West Virginia have violated federal clean water and surface mining laws.

Two Raleigh County men were sentenced in court earlier today. 41-year-old Michael Henry, of Beckley is behind bars for he a crime he admitted to back in April of 2009.

Members of the West Virginia Legislature open the first three-day round of monthly interim committee meetings next Monday to begin consideration of the major issues, as well as some minor ones, that can be expected to be on the agenda when the 2013 regular legislative session begins in January.

Del. Daniel Hall won the hotly contest battle for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate's 9th District over incumbent Sen.

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