Regional News

WVDOH continues rolling out repair projects in central West Virginia West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) has recently completed 23 slide repairs and has another seven under construction and six scheduled in central West Virginia. There have been eight completed bridge projects and another 11 are under construction and seven...

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Vaa.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced $27,072,343 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support Head Start Projects across West Virginia, two public health...

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) last week introduced the bipartisan Rural Decentralized Water Systems Reauthorization Act (S. 1233), legislation that would expand and strengthen the USDA Rural Decentralized Water Systems Program to provide support for low- and moderate-income households to install or upgrade their water...

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,...