BECKLEY --  The Raleigh County Assessor's office now offers 24-hour service. The Raleigh County Assessor's office launched it's web site Wednesday. Dozens of community and business leaders met at the Mountaineer Conference Center in Beckley for a preview presentation. This county information portal allows easy access to any information you might seek from the assessor's office. The best part, according those who frequent the courthouse, no lines.

This website helps cut down on trips to town, saving time and money. If you need a form, you can visit the site and print it out from home. County Assessor, Drema Evans, said the benefits extend throughout the county, from home sales to emergency response.

"Emergency systems. They will be able to look on the website and they'll be able to see, if there's a fire, do you have gas heat," said Evans.

The site, found below, is expected to help encourage economic development in the county.