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Christian Faith Academy’s Kendra Ball Named 2013 Arch Coal Scholar
Kendra Ball, of Madison, is among 16 graduating high school seniors named 2013 Arch Coal Scholars, according to an announcement made today by the Arch Coal Foundation. The Arch Coal Scholars program honors outstanding scholastic achievement by the children of the employees of Arch Coal and its subsidiaries. Each of this year’s scholars will receive a $2,000 annual scholarship to an accredited college or university for up to four years. “W...
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Zombie training a success
On Saturday, May 4, 2013 the Boone County Health Department held a medication dispensing training at Scott High School. The training was held to learn more about medicating our county’s population should an outbreak or threat ever occur. To try to get more people from the community to participate, we tried to throw a little fun in the mix and make it the Zombie Apocalypse. While we did not have many from our community participating, the...
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Sutphin graduates from West Virginia Wesleyan College
Richard Sutphin from Seth, WV graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College during the College’s 123rd Commencement ceremony, held Saturday, May 4, 2013, on the Buckhannon, WV campus. Founded in 1890, West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private residential college located in Buckhannon, WV. The College offers 44 majors and 34 minors, as well as five graduate programs in athletic training, business, education, English writing, and nursing. ...
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June Wonderful West Virginia celebrates sesquicentennial
SOUTH CHARLESTON – The June 2013 issue of Wonderful West Virginia magazine, now on sale, celebrates its namesake’s 150th anniversary of statehood with a special “Day in the Life” issue featuring nearly 100 photos provided by readers. The photos were chosen by magazine staff from more than 5,000 entries submitted by nearly 1,000 photographers. The requirement was that each photo capture a moment of West Virginia life on a single day, September...
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Crime Reports
Man killed in logging accident at Boone County coal mine
A man has been killed in a logging accident at a coal mine in Boone County. The accident was not mine related and happened at the Hobet Mine, according to emergency dispatchers. No other injur...
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UPDATE: Fatal shooting reported in Danville
A mother shoots her son three times in the chest and kills him
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Convicted drunken driver makes it to prison after ‘paperwork...
A Logan County man who caused injuries during a 2004 drunken driving incident finally made it to prison after walking free for nearly two years in what officials called a “paperwork snafu.” On Marc...
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Education
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Boone County students meet with state Legislators
CHARLESTON — Students from Madison, Sherman, and Van middle school participated in the 8th Grade Youth and Government Seminars this week at the West Virginia Legislature. The students participat...
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Honor Roll Ramage Elementary 2nd Nine Weeks
Landon Akers, Brea Ballard, George Canterbury, Ian Adkins, Dylan Butcher, Katelyn Bal,l Annie Bender, Ashley Dingess, Kirsten Arthur, Chase Caserta, Timothy Belche,r Devin Chapman, Erika Farrel,l ...
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Two local students named to Dean’s List
The University of Charleston has named 68 students from the School of Pharmacy to the Dean’s List. The Dean’s List recognizes full-time students who earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Lo...
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Boone Career & Technical Center Advisory Council Meeting
The Boone Career Center conducted their annual Advisory Council meeting Thursday, November 11, 2012. The Advisory council is very instrumental in the success and growth of the programs offered to ...
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Agricultural
Business
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Smarr guest speaker at Madison Rotary Club
The Madison Rotary Club was pleased to welcome Conscio Smarr to a recent meeting. As guest speaker, he explained the reasons for developing a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Madison. Smarr, who...
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Judge Rowe speaks to Madison Rotary Club
Judge Jim Rowe, a Democratic candidate for the office of Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, stopped by the Madison Rotary Club on March 21, accompanied by Madison attorneys Cha...
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Alpha Natural Resources to permanently close Upper Big Branc...
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that it plans to permanently close the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine near Whitesville. UBB was the scene of a mine explosion on April 5, 2010, in which 29 m...
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Quillen to retire as Chairman and Director of Alpha Natural ...
BRISTOL, Va. — Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a leading U.S. coal producer, announced that its chairman of the board, Michael J. Quillen, has chosen not to stand for re-election at the company’s 2...
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Health
Boone Memorial Hospital to recognize ‘National Organ Donor A...
MADISON — More than 113,000 people across the country are awaiting an organ transplant, and at least eighteen will die without receiving one. The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), a fe...
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Pet of the Week
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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