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Green honored in Spring Grove Cemetery memorial eventSaturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:18PMWho was Alfred Holland Green? - the son of Isaac J. Green and Sarah Elizabeth Potts. - born May 5, 1843. - worked on a farm and as a river man before the Civil War.

Governor picks ex-aide to fill Sen. Byrd's seatSaturday, July 17, 2010 @ 12:07AMWest Virginia's governor, Joe Manchin, announced Friday that he had chosen Carte Goodwin, his former general counsel, to temporarily fill the Senate seat long held by Robert Byrd.

Civil War chair played a role in N.D.Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 1:22PMThe prize possession of a Fargo doctor was the chair Gen. U.S. Grant sat on while signing the articles of capitulation of the Confederacy officially ending the Civil War.

Senators past and present bid farewell to ByrdSunday, July 11, 2010 @ 4:05AMWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate bid farewell Thursday to Robert C. Byrd , the homespun West Virginian who for half a century held sway with his thunderous oratory and fierce advocacy of his state and the Senate he loved.

Historic WWII mast unveiledSunday, July 11, 2010 @ 1:10AM— Barnacles and rust now coat the mast that once flew the flag over the USS Oklahoma. To those who served on the battleship, the barnacles and rust signify the sacrifice made by comrades when the USS Oklahoma sank in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.

OxyContin Seized, 4 Arrested In Ross CountySaturday, July 10, 2010 @ 4:49PMNearly 200 OxyContin pills were found in a car that was stopped for a traffic violation overnight in Ross County.

Picking a favorite in soccer's Super Bowl is a coin tossFriday, July 9, 2010 @ 3:59PMThey call it a soccer match. But we all know a Super Bowl when we see one, don't we?

State legislature to help decide Byrd electionFriday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:49AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin said on Friday that he would call the state legislature back into session next week to set an election to replace the late Senator Robert Byrd, a move that could complicate the drive to pass financial-reform legislation through Congress.

Family, friends bid Byrd farewellTuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:23PMARLINGTON, Va. - Memories, smiles and tears mixed with bluegrass music Tuesday morning, when family, friends, clergy members and politicians gathered to celebrate the life of the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.