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<p>Photo | Michael Browning</p><p>Nearly 400 people attended the Workforce WV Job Fair at the Chief Logan Convention Center in Chief Logan State Park on Tuesday. Employers set up at the job fair to give out applications, talk about their businesses and to intervier potential workers, while many people attended to look for jobs.</p>
Nearly 400 look for work at Logan job fair
CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK — Nearly 400 people came looking for jobs Tuesday at a Workforce West Virginia job fair at the Chief Logan Convention Center. At 1 p.m., just three hours after the job fair had started, there had been at least 370 people come in looking for jobs, according to the list of names at the door. The job fair lasted until after 2 p.m. and many people were still coming through the doors near closing time. Jake Hunt, executi...
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Relay for Life set for June 9
Wyoming County Relay for Life will hold its annual fund raiser for the Amercan Cancer Society on June 9. The event kicks off at 6 p.m. at Wyoming East High School. "We are well ahead of last year as far as the number of participants," said Peni Adams, one of the organizers of RFL. "We have several new teams from the Oceana area, which is great, because that has been an underrepresented area." A new feature this year is a cancer survivors di...
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Hall edges Browning
Del. Daniel Hall won the hotly contested battle for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate's 9th District over incumbent Sen. Richard Browning. Hall received 5,276 votes to Browning, 5,056. Hall won Raleigh County by 481 votes. Browning won in Wyoming County by 188 votes and three precincts in McDowell by 73 votes. Linda Goode Phillips won in the House of Delegates 25th District by a comfortable margin. County Commissioner Silas Mu...
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<p>Photos | Submitted</p><p>West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin was in Logan recently where he spoke about the role of Drug Court treatment programs. Benjamin was also on local radio this week, talking about the topic.</p>
Benjamin says drug courts successful
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin recently discussed the role in Drug Courts in West Virginia with WVOW radio. Benjamin noted that Drug Court programs in West Virginia have been successful in getting people off of drugs and back on with their lives by getting them clean and sober. Benjamin said people have gone on from drug courts to college classes and the world of work during a recent interview. Benjamin was recently in L...
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More than $6.8M approved for recovery in W.Va.
CHARLESTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced that more than $6.8 million in federal funds have been approved for residents and businesses in West Virginia recovering from the recent storms and flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $4.48 million in grants to individuals and households in need of assistance. The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved low-interest disaster loans...
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Mingo Co. man pleads guilty to oxycodone possession
HUNTINGTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia has announced that Terry Kevin Steele, 41, of Mingo County, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of oxycodone. On November 17, 2011, deputies with the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department responded to a robbery complaint at the Super 8 Motel in Huntington. At the ...
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Well known area minister dies
CHAUNCEY, W.Va. — A well known area minister, Rev. Preston Vance, 93, of Chauncey, died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at Logan Regional Medical Center. A native of Beauty, Ky., Rev. Vance had been a long-time pastor of several local churches and was the founder of Beth Haven Christian School at Omar. Vance was also a retired coal miner, a member of the UMWA, and a veteran of the U.S. Army. As a pastor, Vance served the congregation of the Mt. Ca...
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Two die in fire
Two people died in a fire at Covel early this morning, according to Wyoming County Sheriff Randall Aliff. The blaze was reported at 2:22 a.m. and is being investigated by the Fire Marshal's Office and the Sheriff's Department. Names of the victims have not yet been released.
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Civil War Days start on Friday
Area school children and the general public will get insight into Wyoming County’s role in the Civil War and the lives of the soldiers who fought it this weekend. Wyoming County Civil War Days is set for May 4-6 at the football field behind Oceana Middle School. An estimated 50-75 Civil War re-enactors will be in the county for the weekend to discuss why the soldiers fought and re-enact skirmishes, night surgery and a court martial, among ot...
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Police warn of scams
Mullens Police Chief Ray Toler is warning area residents about a mystery shopper scam being operated online. Toler said police received a complaint from someone"who was scammed for nearly $4,000." He reported that the incident started when the person applied for a job online and received an email about being earning extra money as a mystery shopper. "Soon a box arrived with a check for $3780.80 with directions to take the check to the bank,...
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SBA awards $6.4 million for new Huff school
West Virginia’s School Building Authority awarded $6.4 million for a new Huff Consolidated School on Monday. “We’re very happy and excited,” said Wyoming County Superintendent of Schools Frank “Bucky” Blackwell. “We knew it was going to be a tough endeavor, and we were able to do a lot of ground work and networking and talk to a lot of people about it.” The current Huff, located on Route 52 at Hanover, sits in a flood plain and was floode...
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MOC director attends diabetes conference
The director of the Mullens Opportunity Center recently attended a conference on diabetes in Nashville, Tenn. Charlene Cook took part in the Appalachian Diabetes Coalition Conference in late March. The four-day event included a variety of speaker presentations and information sessions. “They showed you what’s going on in other states (to battle diabetes), and they shared their success stories,” Cook observed. “It gave you ideas on progr...
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BOE gets funds for new Huff school
The School Building Authority awarded Wyoming County schools $6.4 million on Monday to build a new Huff Consolidated School. Huff was flooded twice in a 13-month period in 2009 and 2010. This marks the second straight year the county has received funds to build a new school. A new Pineville Elementary School is expected to go to bid in May. Check back tomorrow for more on this story.
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MOC director attends diabetes conference
The director of the Mullens Opportunity Center recently attended a conference on diabetes in Nashville, Tenn. Charlene Cook took part in the Appalachian Diabetes Coalition Conference in late March. The four-day event included a variety of speaker presentations and information sessions. “They showed you what’s going on in other states (to battle diabetes), and they shared their success stories,” Cook observed. “It gave you ideas on programs ...
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Sheriff, prosecutor seek help in finding escapee
Sheriff Randall Aliff and Prosecuting Attorney Rick Staton are seeking the public’s help in locating Roy Lee Smith, who escaped from Home Confinement, and remains at large. Mr. Smith escaped from the Home Confinement Officer as he was being processed at the Home Confinement Center at the Wyoming County Courthouse. He was on home confinement for Entering without Breaking, Conspiracy, Breaking and Entering, Fleeing from an Officer, and no...
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