Community Snapshot

Several officials from McDowell , Wyoming , and Raleigh counties met with Sen. Robert Byrd recently to discuss the new federal prison and funding for the Coalfield Expressway.

“Senator Byrd was at his best during the visit,” McDowell County Commissioner Carl Urps said. “He is 100 percent behind these projects.”

Sen. Byrd is flanked on the right by Commissioner Urps and on the left by Jim Sizemore, Pioneer Bank. Also pictured are Raleigh County Commissioner John Atliff, McDowell EDA Director Rachel Lester, Wyoming County Clerk Mike Goode, Wyoming County EDA Director Christy Laxton, Delegate Richard Browning, Coalfields Expressway Board member Jody Cook, McDowell County Commission President Gordon Lambert and Coalfields Expressway Board member Bill Baker.