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3 days ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (WVVA) -This Friday, the Granada Theater debuts a show that hopes to give you an experience that you’ll have to see to believe. For the first time, the performance “Adam Stone Magic” will be held at the Granada, showing off the skills of a magician, mentalist, and hypnotist who has performed all over the country.
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4 days ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (WVVA) -The Bluefield Police Department relies on their four-legged officers to help them sniff out crime. Their newest K-9 “Crook” stands out among the BPD’s current larger narcotics dogs, as the team’s only Springer Spaniel and only bomb specialist. “Very high energy, which makes them a very good search dog.
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4 days ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
PRINCETON, W. Va. (WVVA) -Princeton’s economic development director Samuel Lusk says there’s been local excitement about the eight thousand square foot wave pool planned for Bee Street. Through a combination of City funds and First Community Bank bonds, funding has been secured, meaning the next step will be finalizing the design and getting it authorized.
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5 days ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (WVVA) -The Cole Chevy Mountain Festival is in full swing and with it comes an annual festival tradition. On Saturday, the Bluefield Area Shag Society (BASS) brought back their “Mountain Festival Dance,” an open-to-the-public event which has been a part of the festival lineup for more than a decade. The BASS president Rachael Wilson says this year’s dance brought a good turnout, with two hundred ticket sales, from both newcomers and those who come back year after year.
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5 days ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
BURKE’S GARDEN, Va. (WVVA) -The Burke’s Garden “Blessing of the Bikes” was started by local ministers more than two decades ago. Now under the leadership of local nonprofit “Iron Titans Motorcycle Club,” it’s still going strong, bringing people back year after year for food, fellowship, and a blessing. We spoke to one returning biker who says it’s a way to meet people from all over who have a love of motorcycles and a love of God.
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5 days ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
KIMBALL, W. Va. (WVVA) -Three McDowell County elementary schools, Welch, Fall River, and Kimball, are closing to consolidate into one. One of those, Kimball Elementary School, has a long history, seeing both academic and athletic success and surviving a change of name and location and multiple floods. However, that history is coming to an end as the school year closes, with the building one of three to close its doors.
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5 days ago | 
wdbj7.com | Clayton McChesney
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (WVVA) -On Saturday, the Bluefield chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star started a motorcycle ride to help fund a nonprofit that hopes to save the lives of the vulnerable here and around the world. Project Lifesaver International is designed to help locate those with cognitive disabilities, such as dementia or autism, who have a tendency to wander, using trained specialists and radio technology.
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5 days ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (WVVA) -On Saturday, the Bluefield chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star started a motorcycle ride to help fund a nonprofit that hopes to save the lives of the vulnerable here and around the world. Project Lifesaver International is designed to help locate those with cognitive disabilities, such as dementia or autism, who have a tendency to wander, using trained specialists and radio technology.
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1 week ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (WVVA) -Some of Bluefield City Park’s Memorial Day plans were canceled because of the weather, with the launch of their new splash pad now delayed until further notice. Among the multiple planned improvements to the Bluefield City Park, director of Bluefield’s Parks and Recreation, Rick Showalter, says the splash pad had been in the works for more than three years, predating his time with Parks and Rec.
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1 week ago | 
wvva.com | Clayton McChesney
BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (WVVA) -Over Memorial Day weekend, the Bluefield City Parks’ famed “Ridge Runner train” reopened for the season. Unfortunately, weather-related technical difficulties derailed plans. Director of Bluefield’s Parks and Recreation, Rick Showalter, says the first weekend brought many out to ride the Ridge Runner, with about three hundred riders Saturday. But after around 250 Sunday riders, a train wheel came off the track, crippling the train for the day.
