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Uncle Kracker

Country music star Uncle Kracker, center, will headline the Wyoming County Labor Day Celebration in Pineville, according to Sherri Morgan-Ellison, entertainment coordinator. For the past decade, he has enjoyed continuing success with his albums and currently has a song, “Smile,” in the top 40 country songs from his “Happy Hour” CD.

  • Country star tops bill on Labor Day

    Country music star Uncle Kracker will headline the Wyoming County Labor Day Celebration in Pineville, according to Sherri Morgan-Ellison, entertainment coordinator.
    His free performance is scheduled Saturday, Sept. 4, at 5:30 p.m. on the Pineville Middle School football field.

    August 30, 2010 3 Photos

  • New prison expected to boost economy

    Federal Corrections Institution McDowell — the new federal prison recently completed in the Indian Ridge Industrial Park in McDowell County, just across the Wyoming County border — began nearly 15 years ago as a grassroots effort that involved officials from both McDowell and Wyoming counties, according to Sen. Richard Browning, D-Wyoming.
    The objective was to create jobs — good paying jobs with good benefits, according to officials.

    August 30, 2010

  • Improvements to infrastructure badly needed for continued growth

    With a new federal prison now sitting on the ridge top separating Wyoming and McDowell counties, the need for improved infrastructure is becoming more urgent.
    “We’re going to continue building the Coalfields Expressway,” emphasized Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.

    August 30, 2010

  • Prison 1 Prison to open in late autumn

    Heavy metal doors slam closed and the lock catches with the distinctive sound of incarceration.
    The new Federal Corrections Institution McDowell sprawls across the man-made mountain top in the Indian Ridge Industrial Park, just across the Wyoming County border. Fog envelopes the miles of razor-topped fencing designed to imprison 1,152 medium security male offenders, scheduled to begin arriving in late autumn, across the 44 enclosed acres.

    August 23, 2010 4 Photos

  • School official elated about outstanding AYP report

    Meeting the arduous standards required by the federal government’s No Child Left Behind is all in the details for Wyoming County Schools.
    All the county schools achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), based on the most recent West Virginia Educational Standards Test 2 (WESTEST2).
    “We’re elated,” emphasized Frank Blackwell, county schools superintendent.

    August 23, 2010

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