http://www.montgomery-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_127162317.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_127162317.html Toiling in an underground mine for 17 years before his company closed and he lost his job, Illinois state Rep. Dan Reitz feels he knows something about the importance of coal to the United States’ energy future. Tue, 06 May 2008 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_127162213.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_127162213.html Fayette County Board of Education members voted unanimously Monday evening to approve the first reading of a revision — with one caveat added to the revision itself — to the county’s Personnel File Confidentiality policy. Tue, 06 May 2008 16:03:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_127160956.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_127160956.html Thirteen community organizations in West Virginia are sharing $5,291,102 in grants under the Weatherization Assistance Program that hires technicians to install energy efficiency and conservation measures for low-income residents. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_120194814.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_120194814.html Fayette County has turned to the Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority for help with its dilapidated housing program.At last week’s Fayette County Commission meeting, commissioners signed off on support of an agreement with the Raleigh County SWA to dispose of discarded materials from Fayette’s dilapidated building removal. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:32:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113163303.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113163303.html The youthfulness of a magistrate hopeful was one of the many topics of conversation at a candidate forum last Tuesday night.But that candidate, 20-year-old Ben Love, says age is relative. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113163135.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113163135.html Fayette County Board of Education members voted unanimously last Tuesday evening to approve levy rates for the 2008-09 school year.As Fayette County schools treasurer Annette Hughart pointed out, the levy rate is set by the state Legislature, while assessed property values are prepared by the Fayette County Assessor. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162942.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162942.html Convenience is the driving force behind the growing popularity of West Virginia’s “early voting” system that lets voters mark ballots in advance of the designated election day, say two southern West Virginia clerks. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162710.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162710.html Fayette County prosecutors presented 16 witnesses Monday and explained that they planned to call just one more Tuesday in the triple-murder trial of a Hico area man accused of gunning down three young men with an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle last Memorial Day on the road in front of his home. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162417.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162417.html Fayetteville town officials have agreed to withdraw a request for annexation of a portion of W.Va. 16.In March, the town applied to the Fayette County Commission for a minor boundary adjustment to cover the portion of the roadway that leads from the county seat west to The Ledges housing development, a gated community off Belmont Road which is already annexed into town boundaries. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162302.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_113162302.html Four whitewater rafting companies in Fayette County have joined together to create the state’s largest outfitter and the third-largest guided whitewater venture in the United States. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_106161526.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_106161526.html Once again the Bridge Day Commission reminds the public that the search is on for this year’s 2008 official Bridge Day poster. One talented West Virginia artist will have his or her poster chosen as the official Bridge Day poster. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:11:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_106161311.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_106161311.html Authorities from the National Park Service and the state Division of Forestry now believe that several fires that occurred Friday and Saturday in Fayette and Raleigh counties were arson-related. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_099170009.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_099170009.html Although their degrees of support and reasons for it differed, most Fayette County Board of Education members expressed support last week for a five-year renewal of the county’s excess levy that goes before voters May 13. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_099165613.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_099165613.html The developer of a proposed housing subdivision at Kanawha Falls has filed a lawsuit against three Fayette County government agencies, alleging negligence as well as wanton and reckless conduct. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:53:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_099165500.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/local/local_story_099165500.html Children in several local schools joined fellow students from across West Virginia rallying against tobacco on Wednesday, April 2. The 13th annual Kick Butts Day, sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, was staged to raise awareness about continued tobacco marketing and sales to children and the hope that Congress will crack down on the practices by passing legislation granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products, according to a press release.