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Perhaps it’s just the advent of springtime or the acknowledgment that the COVID-19 virus is behind me, but for the first time in a long while there is a feeling of optimism within my beleaguered soul. I finally can say, “There is hope for Logan County,” particularly the town of Logan. No, I don’t mean that there are 10 new coal mines opening throughout the county, nor am I writing to announce the plans for some manufacturing plant that will employ hundreds of our county’s young citizens. However, things seem to be looking a bit better. Before delving into the present,...

CITY AND STATE: Logan, West Virginia TELL US ABOUT THE NURSE: My niece Mitzi Browning Williams is the only child of Herbert and Hazel Browning of Blair, West Virginia. She kept herself busy each day. She lined up her stuffed animals and taught them everything she learned in school that day. Spruce Grade was a great school, and Sharples High was next door. There were about 300 students from the seventh grade to the 12th. Mitzi was always at the top of her class and was a cheerleader in grade and high school. After graduating from Sharples High, she moved to Logan. She decided to go to Southern...

Logan County has produced a multitude of interesting people over the many decades of its existence. From the Hatfield clan of the 1800s to legendary sheriff Don Chafin to “America’s

LOGAN — A host of county officials, state representatives for the area and law enforcement participated in a public forum at the Fountain Place Cinema 8 on Thursday, April 15, to discuss the litter and garbage dumping problem in Logan County. The forum was hosted by Logan County Commission Diana Barnette, who owns the Cinema 8. The informal event, which Barnette called “Let’s Talk Trash,” lasted nearly two hours. “Springtime is when we see all the trash,” Barnette said. “Summertime, things grow up and hides a bunch of the trash, we don’t hear much about...

ROY “EDDIE” DINGESS, 62, of North Fork, Chapmanville, W.Va., formerly of Mud Fork, Logan, W.Va., departed this life Sunday, April 11, 2021, from his residence. Born June 8, 1968, at Holden, W.Va., he was the son of the late Pete and Pearl Dingess of Lake, W.Va., formerly of Mud Fork, Logan, W.Va. He was a 1976 graduate of Logan High School. Eddie had worked at Master Machine & Hydraulics, drove a coal truck, and was a mechanic and equipment operator over the years. He also coached his son’s basketball, T-ball and Little League teams. Eddie was also an avid dirt bike enthusiast....