Hatfield-McCoy Trail Eyes Record Ridership This Year
Hatfield McCoy Trails Authority expects a 3 to 5 percent rise in ridership with April and May as peak months. Executive Director Jeff Lusk aims to sell 95 000 ridership permits, a new high, across nine Southern West Virginia counties centered near Bramwell. Helene’s 2024 disruption altered hopes for the milestone.
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Bramwell
Hatfield-McCoy Trails Authority
Jeff Lusk
West Virginia
Mercer County
Lusk
Trail Authority
Helene
North Carolina
Trail System
ATV
Hatfield-McCoy Trail
Memorial Flag Day honors child abuse victims in Mercer County
At the 2025 Children’s Memorial Flag Day outside the Mercer County Courthouse, seven local children lost to abuse in 2024 were remembered with a bell seven tolls. The event featured music, a march, awards for professionals and volunteers, and the first Beacon of Hope Award to Shiloh Woodard, who will leave Child Project of Mercer County after nearly two decades to lead West Virginia’s advocacy network.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Bill Archer
Mercer County Commission
Child Project
Eden Scruggs
K.L. Ross
Bluefield
Shiloh Woodard
Beth Sizemore
Child Protect
Shiloh
West Virginia Child Advocacy Network
Sizemore
Woodard
Tara Wyatt
Tim and
Maggie Mainland
Athens
Amazing Grace
Kaine urges protection of silica standard
U S Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia warns against moves to weaken silica protections for coal miners. He cites the Mine Safety and Health Administration pause on enforcing the new final rule aimed at reducing miners exposure to silica dust and health hazards.
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Tim Kaine
D-Va
Donald Trump
Kaine
Daily Telegraph
Department of Labor
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Cravey Named Regional Editor for West Virginia Papers
Eric Cravey, editor of the Times West Virginian, expands duties to regional editor for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and The Register-Herald in Ty. ET 2. Terri Hale, regional publisher, announced Cravey’s new role in southern West Virginia as he continues his duties at the Times West Virginian.
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Fairmont
Eric Cravey
Times West Virginian
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Register-Herald
Beckiey
Terri Hale
Cravey
West Virginia
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