If you find yourself paying a few extra dollars to stay at New River Inn or Holiday Inn while visiting Oak Hill, there is a logical explanation — city council members Monday evening passed the second reading of a hike in the hotel-motel tax. On a positive note, the move could result in improvements to White Oak Rails-to-Trails.

Activities for the 2006 Homecoming celebration at WVU Tech kick off Thursday evening at 8 p.m. with a concert featuring 2 Skinny Dorks and the Family in the Tech Center ballroom. The concert, which is open to everyone, is free.

The transportation director of the Nicholas County school system says he is pleased so far with the results of the decision to switch from diesel to a mix of soy-based biodiesel fuel.

A $700,000 grant furnished by the Appalachian Regional Commission adds a key component in Mount Hope’s long-running effort to provide sewage service to residents in two outlying areas.

The resignation last week of an Oak Hill police officer plagued with legal woes has merely provided additional impetus to a police department’s already eager search for new recruits.

After some discussion of legal terminology, Oak Hill city council Monday evening unanimously passed the second reading of an ordinance that would ban all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and other motorized conveyances from the White Oak Rails-to-Trails. Council member Bruce Coleman was absent.

Fayette County sheriff’s deputies teamed with members of the TRIDENT drug task force to successfully locate and destroy a make-shift methamphetamine lab at a camp site near Nallen early Monday morning.

An early Monday morning fire on July 10 damaged an Oak Hill business and is under investigation by the state fire marshal’s office.