W.V. sheriff’s department preparing for move to new facility

By Greg Jordan
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.

PRINCETON, W.V. — A step at a time, Mercer County’s sheriff and deputies are getting ready to move out of their basement offices and into a former bank that’s being transformed into their new headquarters.

Current plans call for moving the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department from the Mercer County Courthouse’s basement and into what was once the Mercer County Professional Building.

In March 2024, the Mercer County Commission approved a $1.75 million American Rescue Plan grant to buy the former bank building. The money was part of the $11.4 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, also known as the COVID-19 Stimulus Package, that the county was awarded in 2021.

Sheriff Alan Christian said when the…