MOUNT GAY — After years of working and attending beauty school together, Beth Workman and Chelsey Crum had a dream of starting their own business.

LOGAN — The Logan County Commission recently voted to participate in WV Checkbook, an online tool through the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office that aims to provide better transparency to the public regarding the county’s finances and spending.

CHAPMANVILLE — The Town of Chapmanville is now the third municipality in Logan County to be accepted into West Virginia’s Municipal Home Rule Program.

CHARLESTON — Two of the artists on the soundtrack for the 1987 movie “Matewan” will perform for a kickoff event for the Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial on Friday, Sept. 3.

LOGAN — Forty-three felony indictments were returned in Logan County Circuit Court by the grand jury on Jan. 14, 2021. The list was released by Logan County Prosecuting Attorney David Wandling.

WILKINSON — West Virginia State Police arrested a 21-year-old Chapmanville man on drug charges.

CSX earnings saw a 1% decrease in net earnings in the fourth quarter and a 17% decrease for the entire year.

CHARLESTON — Appalachian Power, along with Wheeling Power, submitted an application to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) this past week for approval of a broadband infrastructure expansion project that will facilitate broadband access in unserved areas of Logan and Mingo c…

HUNTINGTON — Marshall University has received more grant funding to support the new Flight School.

CHARLESTON — In his second inaugural address Friday, Gov. Jim Justice declared that “West Virginia is really on the move,” even as the state and the world confront a historic pandemic.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Board of Education didn’t take action at its emergency meeting Wednesday against the dwindling number of counties that are still defying its order to reopen classrooms.

LOGAN — The former National Bank of Logan building at 229 Stratton St., in downtown Logan is set to be auctioned off at noon Tuesday, Jan. 26.

CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Town Council approved the hiring of a new police officer and the final sale of an auctioned police cruiser during their regular session Tuesday, Jan. 12.

WILLIAMSON — Former West Virginia Senator Truman Chafin was joined by his wife, Tish, as he was sworn in as the new potentate for the Beni Kedem Shrine Club by former potentate and former Williamson Mayor Sam Kapouralas on Monday, Jan. 11, in front of the Coal House in downtown Williamson.

LOGAN — A Lincoln County woman and Boone County man were arrested by Natural Resources Police recently after power tools and food items were taken from the Chief Logan Lodge and Conference Center.

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

LOGAN — James “J.B.” Frye, a retiring member of the West Virginia State Police, has been selected to serve as the City of Logan’s next police chief.

LOGAN — The proposal for a zoning ordinance within the City of Logan was discussed at length during the city’s most recent council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12.

LOGAN — During their regular monthly meeting Jan. 12, the Logan City Council approved the payment of several items that have been or will be purchased by reimbursement funding through the federal CARES Act.

LOGAN — Logan County schools resumed in-person classroom instruction Tuesday with a two-day blended model after the Board of Education approved the move in a 3-2 vote at a special meeting Thursday, Jan. 14.

MOUNT GAY — Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is seeking applicants for AmeriCorps College Ambassadors who will work to inform and support students and help spread the word that West Virginia offers free community college.

CHARLESTON — As long as Americans remain “brave enough to push the envelope of what is possible” and continue to innovate, explore and achieve, “there will be hope for tomorrow, and the memory of General Chuck Yeager will always be cherished.”

CHARLESTON — Officially elected Wednesday as the 53rd president of the West Virginia Senate, Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, set two priorities for the legislative session: broadband expansion and reduction/elimination of the state income tax.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates opened up with a bang of the gavel so big that the head of the gavel broke away from its handle in House Clerk Steve Harrison’s hand, thus convening the 85th West Virginia Legislature on Wednesday afternoon.

CHARLESTON — Forty-eight attorneys general, led by West Virginia and New Mexico, have joined in a coalition seeking information by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to combat the opioid crisis on what it is doing to help combat the opioid crisis.

West Virginians who didn’t fully scratch their big-game hunting itch during the fall will have one final chance to do so.

CABOT, Ark. — When a New York Times bestselling author approached her about using one of her photos on the cover of a book, Chapmanville native Kylie Farmer, who works full-time as a photographer in Arkansas, was shocked and flattered.

MAN — The Town of Man was recently awarded $42,485.50 in CARES Act reimbursement funding.

STOLLINGS — After graduating from the Paul Mitchell Beauty School in Lexington, Kentucky, in October 2017 and working in that area for a time, Hannah Foxx knew she wanted to come home to Logan and start her own business.

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.

HUNTINGTON — As attorneys attempt to navigate uncharted waters created by the COVID-19 pandemic, sides met via a video conference Wednesday in an effort to push a Cabell County and Huntington lawsuit against opioid distributors forward.

Matt Welsch, owner of Vagabond Kitchen in Wheeling, said he typically does several thousand dollars’ worth of business on New Year’s Eve. Last week, he shut the doors instead.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Del. Derrick Evans resigned Saturday from the state House one day after federal authorities charged him in last week’s breach of the U.S. Capitol.

CHAPMANVILLE — Three individuals were arrested Jan. 6 after suspected methamphetamine and more than $3,200 was found after shots were fired inside a room at the Best Western hotel near Chapmanville.

LOGAN — Logan native and resident Keith White has been selected to serve as governor of the West Virginia State Kiwanis Club, the organization’s highest rank, for the 2021-22 term beginning Oct. 1, 2021.

MATEWAN — In 2021, the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and its partners are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain with an schedule of events starting this summer and building through Labor Day Weekend, according to a news release.