Region 1 Workforce Investment Board Executive Committee, noon, Raleigh County WORKFORCE West Virginia Career Center, 200 New River Town Center, Room 102, Beckley.
LifeBridge Assembly of God “Friends” group meets at noon every Wednesday, 1513 E. Main St. (across from King Chevrolet), light lunch follows meeting.
Coal City Community CEOS, 1 p.m.
Pinecrest Family Council meeting, 1 p.m., Pinecrest Hospital, to support family members who have loved ones at the facility, plan activities, participate in educational activities, and hear speakers. Call 304-253-0120 or 304-776-2666.
Beckley Area Shag Club, 3D Sports Bar, Shag dance lessons, beginners from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., intermediate class from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., call 304-228-9938.
Open mic, Chimney Corner Cafe & Amphitheater, Ansted, 7 p.m. Free, no cover.
DivorceCare support group, 7:30 p.m., Johnston Chapel Baptist Church, Hall’s Ridge Road, Princeton. Divorce Care for Kids, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Child care is provided. Call 304-425-6315.
American Red Cross blood drawing, noon to 6 p.m., 200 Industrial Drive, across from John W. Eye Co. Also the first Saturday of each month at Chapter House from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 304-255-1508.
Freedom Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting, First Presbyterian Church, 1809 W. Main St., Princeton, 7:30 p.m.; St. James Episcopal Church, Court Street, Lewisburg, 8 p.m.; Summerlee Road School House, Oak Hill, 2:30 p.m.; Drop Inn Center, 325 Prince St., Beckley, 7 p.m. Call 1-800-766-4442.
Alanon meeting, 7 to 8 p.m., The Place (behind United Methodist Temple), 3871 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, Room 204B. Call 304-253-2674.
AA meetings, Beckley Noon Group, Presbyterian Church, 203 S. Kanawha St., noon (CD, no papers signed); Beckley Higher Power Group, SWV Fellowship Home, 201 Woodlawn, 8 p.m. (OD); Mt. Hope Big Book Study Group, Presbyterian Church, 412 Main St., 8 p.m. (CBB); Cowen, On Track Group, Trinity United Methodist Church, Railroad Avenue North, 8 p.m.; for information on any meetings, call 304-252-9444 or 1-800-333-5051.
Beckley Duplicate Bridge Club, 6:45 p.m., Beckley Woman’s Club, 202 Park Ave., Beckley. Call Fred Mason at 304-253-3464 or 304-255-4557.
Beckley Moose Lodge 1606, 8 p.m., Moose Lodge Ballroom.
Senior Citizens Nutrition congregate meal, noon, basement of Sophia Methodist Church. Call 304-683-5393.
Support Group for Life-controlling problems, 7 p.m., Mountain View Church of God, Hilltop, near Oak Hill, private entrance available. Call 304-465-5511 or 304-574-0553.
Mountain Area Narcotics Anonymous High on Life Group, Princeton Group, closed meeting, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1809 W. Main St., Princeton.
Alateen, 7 p.m., FMRS, Beckley, for teen-age family members of alcoholics, ages 13-19. Call 304-253-1441; Beckley, 201 Woodlawn Ave., 9 a.m., open Big Book discussion, call 304-253-8164, 304-255-4960.
Local News
Calendar — Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012
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Search begins for Raleigh County administrator
Another step was taken Tuesday in quest of a new Raleigh County administrator to succeed the ailing John Humphrey.
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Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister
Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
- Calendar — Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- Rahall wants vets disability, jobs legislation accelerated
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First GOP delegate in Boone commissioned 2nd lieutenant
Joshua Nelson picked up a new moniker last fall, becoming the first Republican ever in Boone County to land a seat in the House of Delegates.
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MASSIVE DEADLY TORNADO
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
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Voices from the scene — ‘Everything came down on top of me’
These quotes were compiled by Reporter Michael Kinney.
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Stabbed tattoo artist recalls details of fight
A Beckley tattoo artist and business owner, called a hero for his role in breaking up a domestic altercation, was recovering Sunday at Raleigh General Hospital from stab wounds he’d received Friday.
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Traffic lights, more police needed in ’pike wrecks
Experience is viewed as life’s great teacher, and lessons learned from a horrendous traffic snarl after a May 3 car-truck collision on the West Virginia Turnpike cry for more boots on the ground and control over traffic lights in Beckley.
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Panel ponders tolls to build, maintain roads
Toll booths might some day mushroom along roads across West Virginia, giving motorists in other regions a taste of what driving has cost southern residents nearly six full decades.
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