http://www.register-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:36:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185233456.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185233456.html It’s billed as “West Virginia’s largest Independence Day celebration.” Thousands gather every Fourth of July weekend to enjoy the music, the parade and the fireworks in this river town that straddles Greenbrier and Monroe counties. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185232909.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185232909.html Beckley’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display lights up the night sky and entertains the residents throughout the city Saturday. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:23:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185232404.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185232404.html Amid the steaming platters of fried chicken, green beans, cole slaw and potato salad under the log-style picnic shelter across West Virginia this summer, there is some earnest politicking occurring between the catch-up talk about the kinfolk at family reunions.And the hard pitch being made at such gatherings has nothing to do with partisan politics. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185231433.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185231433.html For the past three years, those who attended the Saturday night concert during the annual Beckley-Raleigh County YMCA’s Friends of Coal Auto Fair, enjoyed thrilling aerial displays by members of the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185231230.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185231230.html A Putnam County man spending the Fourth of July weekend camping with friends on the New River drowned Saturday after he slipped while fishing and was swept downstream, National Park Service officials said. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:46:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185214304.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185214304.html Thousands came together Saturday to celebrate the nation’s birthday at the 51st annual New River Gorge Heritage Festival. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:27:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185212731.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185212731.html Since a Lewisburg man now owns The Greenbrier, it seems only fitting that a Lewisburg native is designing the resort’s new underground casino. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185212622.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185212622.html Camp Believe is the area’s first-ever summer camp for teenagers and adults with intellectual impairments. The camp will be Aug. 10-14 at the Fayette County 4-H site. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185204853.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185204853.html It’s summer, for goodness’ sake! You don’t need one more thing to worry about.Well, yes, you do. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185203742.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185203742.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:43:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185174343.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_185174343.html For the past three years, those who attended the Saturday night concert during the annual Beckley-Raleigh County YMCA’s Friends of Coal Auto Fair, enjoyed thrilling aerial displays by members of the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:52:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184235151.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184235151.html West Virginia’s Gov. Joe Manchin kicked off his 4th of July weekend Friday by experiencing a day of adventure in the New River Gorge region with members of his family. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:46:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184234521.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184234521.html The 2009 New River Gorge Heritage Festival Parade makes its way through the streets of Fayetteville Monday during the festivities. Fayetteville has celebrated the festival since 1951. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184233831.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184233831.html The Raleigh County sheriff’s department’s drug investigators emphasize they remain in business despite the TRIDENT drug task force’s demise — and that they never closed in the first place.The county’s investigators say they will battle the local drug trade, taking on problems like a new marijuana growing season and an illegal prescription drug trade they termed “epidemic”. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184233656.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_184233656.html For those seeking to marvel at man’s sheer ingenuity and problem-solving skills, the New River Gorge Bridge majestically spans the New River between Fayetteville and Lansing. Travelers visit the bridge from around the world, stopping to examine the Western Hemisphere’s longest single-arch span.