Matthew Hill

Search to continue today in New River

The search will continue for a fourth day today following an expansion of the search Sunday for a Pennsylvania man who may have drowned in the New River Friday afternoon, New River Gorge National River Chief Ranger Gary...

Suspects’ names released in Saturday pursuit arrests

By Matthew Hill Register-Herald reporter Oak Hill police released the names Sunday of an Oak Hill man and woman they arrested Saturday night following a vehicular pursuit that took them from Oak Hill to Pax. Sgt. R.S....

MotoGP: Cleethorpes and Corrie can't compete with San Marino

After a disappointing race abroad you can crave home comforts but the only solutions are to be found on the practice circuit It may have been two weeks since the last round of the MotoGP season in Brno, but I've been a...

Chest compressions

Hands-only CPR now the preferred lifesaving method By Matthew Hill Register-Herald Reporter One who saves a life is as if one saved a world. It could spell salvation for many cardiac arrest victims who might otherwise...

Lease transfer brings new police station one step closer

By Steve Keenan For The Register-Herald OAK HILL — City Council officially transferred land for a new police station to the city building commission Thursday. No one spoke Thursday for or against the project at a public hearing...

Ground is broken for Fayetteville skate park

Matthew Hill Register-Herald Reporter FAYETTEVILLE — “Reality is finally here,” Fayetteville Mayor Jim Akers proclaimed Wednesday as ground was broken for a new skate park in the town park after at least three years of...

Fayette may allow retired teachers to substitute

FAYETTEVILLE — In their last meeting before the 2008-09 school year begins, Fayette County Board of Education members on Monday unanimously approved the first reading of a policy that would allow retired educators to serve as...

Two men die in Greenbrier wreck

Two men die in Greenbrier wreck Matthew Hill Register-Herald Reporter A single-vehicle accident on I-64 in Greenbrier County Sunday morning claimed the life of two White Sulphur Springs men, the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s...

State BOE OKs Fayette’s plan to reopen Nuttall school

The most recent chapter in the six-month saga surrounding 82-year-old Nuttall Middle School was penned by the state Board of Education Thursday when it voted overwhelmingly to allow Fayette County to reopen the facility to...

Ill radio journalist evacuated to HK

Jacquelin Magnay and Les Kennedy THE Australian Olympic broadcaster Matthew Hill remained in a critical condition in an induced coma last night after being flown from Beijing to Hong Kong. Hill, 27, of Melbourne, fell ill with...