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Mayor Beverly White stands with WV Municipal League Executive Director Travis Blosser at this week’s City Council meeting. Mayor White was originally recognized at the 2023 WV Municipal League Conference at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, WV, earlier this year.  By Sarah Richardson At this week’s Lewisburg City Council meeting, Mayor...

April Polzin-Holmes and Carl Holmes   By Jeffrey Kanode, RealWV A breathtaking landscape - vintage Greenbrier Valley heights of blue and valleys of green! With a warm welcome ready - owners April Polzin-Holmes and Carl Holmes practice hospitality as a virtue, as they await visitors to Caring Acres Farms. Located...

Pete Lynch Road, (County Route 18, milepost 2.17) in Monroe County will be closed to through traffic beginning 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 25, through 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, for a bridge superstructure replacement. The traveling public is asked to use alternate routes around the work area. Inclement weather or...

Vanessa Collier Pocahontas County Opera House proudly presents the return of acclaimed musician and vocalist Vanessa Collier on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Known for her remarkable talent in combining funk, soul, rock, and blues into sensational performances, Vanessa Collier, a distinguished alumna of Berklee College of Music, has...

The Good Neighbors Community Clothes Closet in White Sulphur Springs is open and continues to offer free clean and gently used clothing for men, women and children; all displayed in an organized setting. Current inventory includes just about every size of summer (and some all season) dressy, casual and leisure...

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) will receive $500,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to make it easier for individuals in Greenbrier County with substance use disorder to attain and maintain employment. Through ARC’s Investments Supporting Partnerships In Recovery Ecosystems (INSPIRE) Initiative, WVSOM’s Center for Rural and...

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said his office has reached a settlement agreement with ResCare Inc. for $576,111.43 following an investigation initiated by the Attorney General’s Office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The investigation determined that ResCare submitted claims for payment to the West Virginia Medicaid program that were either...

By Nadia Ramlagan for WVNS A wealth of research shows youth incarceration doesn’t increase public safety or work for youth well-being, according to a recent report from the Sentencing Project. Despite the evidence, West Virginia has been slow to implement juvenile-justice reforms and reduce the number of kids behind bars....

The Greenbrier County Health Department announced on Wednesday, Sept. 20, that a bat tested positive for rabies in the Friars Hill Road area of Renick in Greenbrier County. The Health Department advises, “Please avoid contact with wild animals, and ensure that your pets are vaccinated for rabies.” In July of...

By Matthew Young, RealWV After a months-long investigation into the alleged cover up of a deputy’s inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old high school student, Monroe County Sheriff Jeff Jones, on Friday, Sept. 15, was arrested by the West Virginia State Police.  In June, the Monroe County Commission adopted a resolution...