http://www.register-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_321214458.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_321214458.html A single mother and her five children are now homeless after a Thursday morning fire, but the local Red Cross chapter and concerned citizens are working to help the family back on its feet. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:17:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_059001902.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_059001902.html LEWISBURG — Jurors listened intently as prosecutors played a tape recorded confession of the Greenbrier County man on trial for sex crimes against a 5-year-old and a 14-year-old. Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_259001306.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_259001306.html Wyoming County Circuit Clerk David “Bugs” Stover plans to walk from Welch to Charleston next week to personally deliver petitions supporting the Coalfields Expressway to Gov. Joe Manchin. Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_245004838.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_245004838.html A day after a grateful community pays its final tribute to fallen police officer Chuck Smith, he will be remembered by a grieving golfing community that won’t soon forget his accomplishments and contributions. Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:20:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_240230434.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_240230434.html In a stinging defeat for groups opposed to a 124-turbine wind farm slated for north-central Greenbrier County, the state Public Service Commission on Monday approved the $300 million Beech Ridge Energy project saying the nation’s need for clean, renewable energy outweighed its negative impacts to the local community. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_238235802.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_238235802.html For a few West Virginia legislators, partisan politics halts between the white lines of Mountaineer Field.At least there will be a 60-minute suspension of partisan rhetoric come next Saturday. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_238235547.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_238235547.html So what is kudzu?If you thought of that funny-looking toy instrument known as a kazoo, into which the performer hums or sings, guess again. Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_231233436.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_231233436.html Wearied by the spin doctors, the hype and the exploitative ads that can mislead voters in an election season?The answer, Project Vote Smart says, is a 100-page booklet and its own Web site that cuts through the fog of campaign rhetoric with the unabashed truth about voting records, financing and documented stands on issues. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_226230130.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_226230130.html The Greenbrier County Prosecutor’s office filed petitions for forfeiture for the bank accounts and property of a Greenbrier County couple charged last week with cultivation of marijuana and possession with intent to deliver. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_226225910.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_226225910.html After some discussion of legal terminology, Oak Hill city council Monday evening unanimously passed the second reading of an ordinance that would ban all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and other motorized conveyances from the White Oak Rails-to-Trails. Council member Bruce Coleman was absent. Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_225231147.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_225231147.html As a dentist, Dr. Bruce Cassis has seen first-hand how methamphetamines affect a person’s physical health and well-being. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_218224940.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_218224940.html Wolf Creek Park’s planners bill it as a “Live, Learn, Work and Play” concept. Eric Pories, part-time executive director of West Virginia Professional River Outfitters (WVPRO) and owner of Focus Intent, is focusing his intent on the learning and playing aspects of that mission and does not believe them to be mutually exclusive. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_218224811.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_218224811.html When DiAngela Prunesti lost her best friend to suicide nearly two years ago, she found herself grappling with many conflicting emotions.“When it first happened, I cried. It was awful. This was a person who had been my best friend since third grade. We talked every day. She had come to my house the day she died. I thought I was dealing with it, but I wasn’t,” Prunesti said. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:18:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_214231903.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_214231903.html One person was trapped inside a vehicle after a wreck near the bottom of Batoff Mountain, authorities reported. Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_202233021.html http://www.register-herald.com/news/local_story_202233021.html With the number of ATV accidents increasing steadily throughout the area, the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Department is cracking down on riders who ignore regulations.In the past week, emergency personnel have responded to four accidents that required victims being flown to medical facilities. This week’s accidents occurred in locations from one end of the county to the other — from Steeles to Itmann — involving victims who ranged from youngsters to adults.