KEYSER — Dead pastures, dry streambeds, stunted hay fields, stressed corn fields and ponds without water were just part of the scenery viewed by Alfred J. Lewis, West Virginia State executive director for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA, on a recent tour of Mineral County.
KEYSER - Over the period of several weeks, the Mineral Daily News Tribune asked a lot of questions about the campaign to raise funds for the Keyser High School. The questions and interviews resulted in an eight-part series which is run in its entirety here.
KEYSER - Meghan Anderson was crowned Miss Tornado 2010 during a pregame ceremony last night at the Keyser - Wayne football game.
JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE - Calling the Jennings Randolph Lake area “gorgeous and beautiful,” Marie Burns, chief of operations of the Baltimore District for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spoke at the dedication of Kalbaugh Pond in the Robert W. Craig Campground.
Burns said she had moved from Florida to the Baltimore area several years ago, and was often questioned about why that particular move was made.
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