CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A McDowell County native lost in the Korean War has finally been identified. The DPAA annoucned Army Cpl. Paul Mitchem, 20, of Avondale, West Virginia was accounted for on ...

According to the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office, the former police chief of War, Richard Lee Dillon Sr., and his son Richard Lee Dillon Jr., both of Bluefield, West Virginia, died after a ...

War Fire Department was dispatched to back up Bradshaw Fire Department in McDowell County on a residential structure fire. This was during the time McDowell and other Southern West Virginia ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY ... Thursday, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a State of Emergency for the county. Communities hit the hardest by the severe weather were War, Warriormine, and Berwind ...

There’s no business left.” When the Economic Development Authority of McDowell County in West Virginia announced the opening of a privately-owned prison in 2006, hundreds of laid-off coal ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — After severe weather and fatal flooding swept through West Virginia in February, all school districts in the state will open on Monday, officials said. McDowell County ...

McDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Last week, we looked at the devastation as the flooding cleanup remains underway in McDowell County. WSAZ’s Tim Irr has a follow-up about how several schools in ...

West Virginia State Police describe investigation of McDowell County flood deaths GREG JORDAN, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. Thu, February 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM UTC ...