The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia

H1N1 flu vaccinations available
The Nicholas County Health Department will be giving H1N1 (swine) flu vaccinations from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday (and each Wednesday) at the Nazarene Camp on W.Va. 41 in Summersville, a half-mile from the U.S. 19 intersection.
Police investigating fatal shooting
A 37-year-old man was shot and killed Friday evening in Beckley, and city police were continuing their investigation into the night.
Escaped inmate back in custody
One of two inmates who escaped from a work camp last month is back in custody.
Dance company to perform
The only professional touring dance company in the history of West Virginia will take to the stage in its own state Sunday.
Complex geared to seniors clears first hurdle
LEWISBURG — A 32-unit apartment complex geared toward a graying population cleared the first hurdle Thursday evening as the planning commission voted unanimously to recommend city council rezone the 2.2-acre parcel.
Commission on Aging meal prices rise
Carry-out meals served at the Raleigh County Commission on Aging are going up to $4 as of Monday, and the director says he has no choice, given a clarification of federal regulations in the program.
Raccoon tests positive for rabies
According to the Greenbrier County Health Department, a raccoon discovered last Friday at the Methodist Church on Church Street in White Sulphur Springs tested positive for rabies by the State Hygienic Laboratory.
County commission changes building permit fees again
LEWISBURG — Just 15 days after reworking its building permit fee structure, the Greenbrier County Commission convened another special session and completely overhauled the fees again.
Police on the lookout for purse snatcher
Beckley police detectives are looking for two people who they believe stole a woman’s purse in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Oct. 17.
What's Happening - Nov. 7, 2009
BREAKING NEWS (Update): 1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando shooting; gunman caught
A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, killing one person and injuring five others.
UPDATE -- Neighbor says Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment
An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday.
Obama says don’t jump to conclusions on shooting
President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings.
Wonderland of Trees ‘Community holiday event’ to raise funds for United Way
Doors will open for the first time today to the United Way’s Wonderland of Trees at Crossroads Mall. ... Starting at noon, the public is invited to tour nearly 40 uniquely decorated Christmas trees through Nov. 19.
’Pike toll collections on mark, Barr says
Toll collections are right on the mark for the West Virginia Turnpike, just where traffic engineers figured them to be under the recently imposed higher fares, even though the ranks of truckers are falling.
$11 million tax shortfall could cut road work
You won’t find any more concrete proof of a recession than a downturn in sales of new motor vehicles, and the state Department of Transportation is feeling the pinch in privilege tax collections.
Bike ride
Shawn Dobson of Fayetteville takes her 2-year-old son, Rad Dobson, on a bike ride along the Rails-to-Trails path in Oak Hill.
Mount Olive work camp escapees remain at-large
The state corrections commissioner says two escaped prison inmates remain at-large, and authorities working to find them are still concentrating their efforts in Wyoming County.
Former Wyoming County bus driver convicted
A former Wyoming County school bus driver is facing up to two decades in prison after being convicted Wednesday of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian following a two-day trial in Wyoming County Circuit Court before special judge Robert Burnside of Raleigh County.
Turnpike saves $100,000 with new policy on vehicles
Manager Greg Barr figures the West Virginia Turnpike has saved upward of $100,000 a year by ending its old policy of letting employees take state-owned vehicles home after a work shift.
No Grinch on the ’pike this year
No, Virginia, the Grinch hasn’t stolen Christmas from the West Virginia Turnpike, even in these money-tight times.
NIE book sale continues today at Crossroads Mall
Replenished with thousands of additional books, The Register-Herald’s Newspapers in Education book sale kicks back into gear today at Crossroads Mall.
Contest winners to be named next week
Entries for the West Virginia South writing and photography contest sponsored by Mountain State University are still being reviewed.
Calendar, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
Opening of autism recovery resource center set for Friday
The Autism Recovery Resource Center, PLLC, located in the Beckley Medical Arts Building at 2401 S. Kanawha St., will open officially Friday with an open house and ribbon-cutting at 5:30 p.m.
Helping others
The Autism Recovery Resource Center, PLLC, located in the Beckley Medical Arts Building at 2401 S. Kanawha St., will open officially Friday with an open house and ribbon-cutting at 5:30 p.m.
U.S. 219 shut down after truck strikes donkey
U.S. 219 in Greenbrier County was shut down for a half hour Wednesday morning after a pickup truck struck and killed a donkey.
Board asks state SBA to help build new Marsh Fork Elementary School
A proposal for funding to construct a new Marsh Fork Elementary School was received by the state School Building Authority this week.
Jackie Withrow Hospital christened
Jackie Withrow, a self-described tomboy who broke the gender barrier in the West Virginia Legislature the same year John F. Kennedy crossed a religious one by crushing fears of a Catholic presidency, finally landed a long-elusive honor Wednesday as the new name of the former Pinecrest Hospital.

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