Winners Named in Annual West Virginia Make it Shine Awards

The State Journal - Sat Nov 07

Governor Joe Manchin announced the winners of this year's Clean Community Award.

Visitors fill city for return of rail excursion from Roanoke

Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Sat Nov 07

The smiles were as warm as the beautiful November day as hundreds of visitors arrived in Bluefield shortly after 11 a.m., Saturday on the first excursion train to come to Bluefield in a dozen years.

Margaret Evans Sorah

Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Sat Nov 07

Margaret Evans Sorah, age 86, of 252 Jason Avenue, Princeton, W.Va., formerly of Kimball, W.Va., passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov.

City of Bluefield earns clean community award

Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Fri Nov 06

Officials in the city of Bluefield learned Friday that Bluefield is one of six communities statewide to receive designation as a West Virginia Make it Shine Clean Community.

Six W.Va. communities honored for clean-up efforts

Charleston Gazette - Fri Nov 06

Six West Virginia communities are being honored for their efforts to beautify and clean up their corporate limits.

Juvenile justice... New drug court acts as catalyst for life changes

Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Fri Nov 06

Mercer County Family Court Judges Mary Ellen Griffith and Anthony Bisaha know one key to curbing adult crime rests in teaching troubled teens to be productive citizens.

Mercer County Murder Case Remains a Mystery

WVNS-TV - Thu Nov 05

An unsolved murder case continues to linger in Mercer County. Bluefield City Police are still seeking the missing link in what they call a crime of circumstance.

Scavenging for Art

The State Journal - Thu Nov 05

Bluefield artist turns others' trash into his unique treasure. Many people might call Gary Bowling a Dumpster diver.

13 schools participate in veterans program

Register-herald.com - Wed Nov 04

Thirteen West Virginia high schools are participating in the annual Take a Veteran to School Day program.

Cooper Residents Celebrate Coal Anniversary

WVNS-TV - Wed Nov 04

Mercer County residents celebrate a very special anniversary today. The small town of Cooper, just outside of Bramwell recognized the 125th anniversary of the first coal shipped out of the Pocahontas seam.