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Huffman is hospital’s ‘Employee of the Month’
MADISON — Boone Memorial Hospital would like to recognize the March 2013 Employee of the Month, Brency Huffman, RN. Brency, who currently resides in Turtle Creek, WV has been on staff at BMH for nearly 3 years. Brency initially began her career at BMH as a Nurse Extern. Now a Registered Nurse she provides and coordinates patient care, educates patients and the public about various health conditions and gives advice and emotional support to ...
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New motorcycle business opens in Boone County
Coal Valley news is proud to announce a new family owned business in Boone County. Cycle Connection a motorcycle, ATV, UTV, repair shop has just opened. It is located just 1 mile off Corridor G on Camp Creek Road. Cycle Connection offers a wide variety of services, such as: Motorcycle, ATV, UTV, repair and service, as well as a full line of aftermarket parts, apparel, and accessories. Cycle Connection is a locally owned and operated bus...
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New business opens in West Madison
WEST MADISON – There are other hair, nail and spa businesses in the area, but have you ever been to one that offers a hot stone manicure? West Madison Hair, Nail & Spa recently opened and offers more than just traditional manicures, pedicures and haircuts. It offers a variety of services and personal hygiene treatments. “It’s been a long road to opening this business, but we offer services and treatments not found in most hair, nail and s...
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Taylor Eaton strikes a pose with other contestants at the Parkersburg Homecoming festival. The youngest child in the pageant was six.
Pageantry in West Virginia is not all Glitz
For Louisa Gates, the best part of owning a monogramming shop in Bridgeport was providing the traditional quilt squares for contestants in the Miss West Virginia pageant. The squares, which depict a unique characteristic of each contestant, are sewn into a quilt that symbolizes each year’s contest. As part of her work, Gates took her youngest daughter, Kaitlin, with her to sit in on rehearsals and meet the girls who were going to be compe...
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Crime Reports
Man killed in logging accident at Boone County coal mine
A man has been killed in a logging accident at a coal mine in Boone County. The accident was not mine related and happened at the Hobet Mine, according to emergency dispatchers. No other injur...
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UPDATE: Fatal shooting reported in Danville
A mother shoots her son three times in the chest and kills him
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Convicted drunken driver makes it to prison after ‘paperwork...
A Logan County man who caused injuries during a 2004 drunken driving incident finally made it to prison after walking free for nearly two years in what officials called a “paperwork snafu.” On Marc...
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Education
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Boone County students meet with state Legislators
CHARLESTON — Students from Madison, Sherman, and Van middle school participated in the 8th Grade Youth and Government Seminars this week at the West Virginia Legislature. The students participat...
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Honor Roll Ramage Elementary 2nd Nine Weeks
Landon Akers, Brea Ballard, George Canterbury, Ian Adkins, Dylan Butcher, Katelyn Bal,l Annie Bender, Ashley Dingess, Kirsten Arthur, Chase Caserta, Timothy Belche,r Devin Chapman, Erika Farrel,l ...
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Two local students named to Dean’s List
The University of Charleston has named 68 students from the School of Pharmacy to the Dean’s List. The Dean’s List recognizes full-time students who earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Lo...
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Boone students part of WVU Formula SAE competitions
West Virginia University competed in the Formula SAE competitions throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s but has not competed since 2000. This year 29 dedicated students have taken on the task of resurr...
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Business
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Smarr guest speaker at Madison Rotary Club
The Madison Rotary Club was pleased to welcome Conscio Smarr to a recent meeting. As guest speaker, he explained the reasons for developing a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Madison. Smarr, who...
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Judge Rowe speaks to Madison Rotary Club
Judge Jim Rowe, a Democratic candidate for the office of Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, stopped by the Madison Rotary Club on March 21, accompanied by Madison attorneys Cha...
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Alpha Natural Resources to permanently close Upper Big Branc...
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that it plans to permanently close the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine near Whitesville. UBB was the scene of a mine explosion on April 5, 2010, in which 29 m...
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Quillen to retire as Chairman and Director of Alpha Natural ...
BRISTOL, Va. — Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a leading U.S. coal producer, announced that its chairman of the board, Michael J. Quillen, has chosen not to stand for re-election at the company’s 2...
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Health
Boone Memorial Hospital to recognize ‘National Organ Donor A...
MADISON — More than 113,000 people across the country are awaiting an organ transplant, and at least eighteen will die without receiving one. The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), a fe...
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Pet of the Week
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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ADOPT A PET
Please put ID tags on your dogs it could save a life
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