http://www.register-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323235214.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323235214.html Richard Jarrell said he received his Christmas present Thursday night, one week before Thanksgiving. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323234405.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323234405.html Three area teams are two wins away from a trip to the Super Six. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323214744.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323214744.html Students from Greater Beckley Christian School listen Thursday as Kathaleen-Kirk Mooney, a member of Friends of the Library, presents a lesson on the history of Ellis Island. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:22:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_322114623.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_322114623.html “We Won!” ... Don Striker, National Park Service superintendent for the New River Gorge National River, couldn’t wait to get those words out of his mouth Wednesday when it was announced that the Boy Scouts of America would be making Fayette County its permanent home for not only a high adventure base but for its National Scout Jamboree. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323071836.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_323071836.html Stephen Bechtel Jr., chairman of the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation, was at the Glen Jean Armed Forces Reserve Center Wednesday to hear the Boy Scouts of America unveil plans for The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve and by far, he was the most popular man in the building. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:12:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_322211737.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_322211737.html For a man who once cut meat in a coalfields grocery store, Robert C. Byrd has come a long, long way -- and by all accounts, his odyssey in life has a few more miles to go. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_322225451.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_322225451.html When one thinks of Richwood, it’s usually superb offensive fireworks that come to mind. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:45:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321214830.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321214830.html The Senate is a resolutely superlative place, so it was resolved that the august body today will open its session by saluting Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Congress’ longest-serving member. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321235823.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321235823.html Back home in the Sudan, David Nyarsuk would have to travel miles to find a basketball court.“At my school, we didn’t have a basketball court,” he said Tuesday. “So I had to go to the city to find a court.”He doesn’t have that problem anymore.The 7-foot-1 Mountain State Academy senior signed with West Virginia University Monday evening. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320232753.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320232753.html A groundskeeper at the Raleigh County Courthouse cleans up leaves from the property recently. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:29:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321215417.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321215417.html Karen Vuranch, a freelance actress, performs as Pearl S. Buck during Tuesday’s meeting of the GFWC Woman’s Club of Beckley. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321232444.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_321232444.html FAYETTEVILLE — Five local veterans visited Fayetteville High School Tuesday to participate in the History Channel’s Take a Veteran to School Day program. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320232907.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320232907.html Rosalyn Martin, of Mabscott, swings with her daughter, Kiera Martin, 3, on the playground at the Beckley Freedom Park on Eisenhower Drive in Beckley. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320224834.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320224834.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320002129.html http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_320002129.html MORGANTOWN — Da’Sean Butler was ready when No. 8 West Virginia needed someone to stabilize a diluted lineup and soften the absence of scoring threat Devin Ebanks.