http://www.montgomery-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_127162419.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_127162419.html Diana Wilson feels the Upper Kanawha Valley area offers several positives.It’s part of her job to highlight — and find ways to strengthen — those attributes for prospective businesses and individuals considering relocating to the area east of Charleston. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_120194917.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_120194917.html Through Monday, the Mine Safety Technology Consortium and the National Coal Heritage Trail will present a traveling historical diorama that details the historical changes in the mining industry in West Virginia. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_120194217.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_120194217.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:40:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_113163831.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_113163831.html Hawks Nest Golf Course is offering free golf lessons from May to August. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_099170256.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_099170256.html One of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s biggest fans made a pitch Friday for her mother to become the nation’s next president. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_092162545.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_092162545.html Its history is too important to be tucked away in the distant recesses of our consciousness, says Patricia Spangler.Spangler’s recently-released book, “The Hawks Nest Tunnel,” explores the tunnel construction in the 1930s that culminated in the diversion of water from the New River through Gauley Mountain for hydroelectric generating purposes, as well as the tragic, subsequent deaths of numerous workers involved in building the tunnel. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:55:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_078175450.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_078175450.html The year Katherine Atwater first voted in a United States presidential election, incumbent Democrat Franklin Roosevelt won a landslide victory over Republican Alfred Landon. That same year, she first worked the polls at Smithers Precinct No. 28. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_071163356.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_071163356.html David Buck, left, a YouthBuild worker, and Oyuna Myagmar, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology, work on a project during the construction of a new dormitory at the Southern Appalachian Labor School facility in Beards Fork last week. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_057164119.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_057164119.html WVU Tech and the CTC at WVU Tech hosted Merit Badge College on Saturday, drawing Boy Scouts from around the state to a day-long gathering at which the young men were able to complete requirements for two of the merit badges required to become an Eagle Scout. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_050174615.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_050174615.html Willa “Bill” Franklin, left, of Page was one of the women who gathered at Wood’s Quick Mart in Page on Saturday to share memories of life in the coal camps with Heather Crabtree, right, a graduate student at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_043174052.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_043174052.html A group of community participants, led by the Morris Creek Watershed Association, VISTA worker Tim Andrew and several WVU Tech students, worked on cleaning up the Lower Donwood Cemetery on Morris Drive on a recent weekend. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_036181431.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_036181431.html Nearly three years after its closure, the town is currently refurbishing the former Gauley Bridge High School building for use by the community in a variety of functions. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_029154704.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_029154704.html With the help of the Fayette County Animal Shelter and the New River Humane Society, strays and lost animals in Fayette County have a fighting chance at a good life. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_022155558.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_022155558.html Artie Mullins remembers growing up angry and confused about the behavior of some people. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_015175103.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/homepage/local_story_015175103.html Jacob Cipriani made the most of his second chance last Tuesday at the 2008 Fayette County Spelling Bee.