Regional News

By Sarah Richardson Early voting has begun statewide for the Nov. 8 General Election, with the Greenbrier County Courthouse offering in person early voting now through Nov. 5. Early voting times at the Courthouse are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on...

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a representative from his office will meet with central and southeastern West Virginia residents in November to discuss consumer-related issues and answer any potential questions. “These public events are a great way for consumers to talk one-on-one with our consumer representatives,” Attorney General...

By Adam Pack Hershel “Woody” Williams passed away Wednesday, at 3:15 a.m., in Huntington at the Herschel Williams Huntington VA Medical Center. He was born in 1923 in Quiet Dell, Marion County, WV. Just a short farm boy in his youth, “Woody” Williams was anxious to leave home and fight...

Due to a supply issue, the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles has announced this week that they will extend the expiration dates of all mobility impaired placards to Aug. 31, 2022. Renewal of a permanent mobility impaired placard occurs every five years, and the new cycle historically begins on...

American Legion Post 100 in Union hosted a Memorial Day commemoration at the Monroe County Courthouse at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 30. Approximately 40 community members gathered around the veteran’s memorial for the event that paid homage to our country’s war dead on a hot, sunny day. After an...

The Hospital Leadership Academy Class of 2022, a program of the West Virginia Hospital Association, has announced the graduation of Michelle Deeds, RN, BSN, and Director of Nursing and Clinical Services at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital. The 2022 class consisted of 17 individuals from hospitals around the state. They met for...

27,243,000,000 pounds. Yes, you read correctly, 27.2 billion pounds. That is how much beef American cattle farmers and ranchers produced last year. The average American will consume roughly 58.1 lbs. of beef in over the course of a year. What does this mean to us here in Greenbrier County? Well,...

On Tuesday, May 2, Gov. Justice reported that there are now 812 active cases of COVID-19 statewide; up by 13 cases since his previous briefing on Thursday last week. However, since reaching their most recent peak in late January, total active cases are down 96.3% overall. Gov. Justice Addressed the...

Gov. Jim Justice announced this week that West Virginia’s General Revenue collections for April 2022 came in at $253 million over estimate, the all-time state record surplus for any single month in West Virginia history. “This is one of the most momentous economic announcements in the history of our state,”...

Digging and eating ramps in the spring is a traditional activity throughout Appalachia and especially in the gateway communities of Monongahela National Forest. While collecting ramps for personal use is permitted on the Forest within established limits, commercial harvesting of ramps in the Forest, including re-selling ramps collected for personal...