A home reportedly owned by Mark Loomis, which burned January 5, 2022, was a total loss and continued to be a danger to the Arnoldsburg area when high winds would pick up the debris from the destroyed home and launch it throughout the community. The roofing tin and other items blew into the road and Read More…
Month: March 2022
Brush Fires Reported in the Area
Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department responded to two brush fire reports within the past 24 hours. The first was reported on Rush Run at around 7 p.m. off of Route 7, which turned out to be an electric wire down in the brush. There was no fire. The second fire dispatched at 10:47 p.m. was located Read More…
WVDNR ANNOUNCES TOP SCHOOLS, SHOOTERS FROM 17TH ARCHERY IN THE SCHOOLS STATE TOURNAMENT
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced on Tuesday the results of its first in-person Archery in the Schools state tournament in two years along with the event’s top shooters and school-based teams. More than 600 students participated in the tournament and nearly 2,000 attendees were present at the Charleston Coliseum Read More…
Gov. Justice vetoes bill splitting DHHR
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today announced that he has vetoed several bills, including House Bill 4020, which would have split the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources into two different agencies. “We all want to address and correct the very real issues within DHHR, but before we undertake such a drastic change to an Read More…
Glenville State University Students Donate $500 to Local Cancer Fund
GLENVILLE, WV – Members of Glenville State University’s Pioneer Shooting Club organization recently presented a $500 check to Glenville’s First Baptist Church Cancer Fund. Students in the organization raised the money from an auction held last semester and were looking for ways to help not only their group, but the community at large. “We wanted Read More…
Community Effort Continues for Wayne Underwood Field to be Conveyed
Raising Houners, a group based on social media through Facebook Messenger, began as a chat between a few friends and now boasts 96 members online with many supporters offline. Their primary goal is to convince the Calhoun County Commission that it is in the best interest of the community to convey the Wayne Underwood Field Read More…
Calhoun County is now on the tourism map!
The West Virginia Department of Tourism recently released the 2022 Tourism Guide and Calhoun County has made the cut. The 4 book set of Special Vacation Guides offers travel planning and information on Outdoor Recreation, Mountain Culture, The New River Gorge National Park & Reserve and Natural Wonders. It is in the latter, ”Natural Wonders”, Read More…
Appalachian Type A Independence
Biding time is more than letting time pass by. Biding is standing ready, expectant, with trust and confidence in what may come. And if we folks have a motto, it’s this: ‘Don’t holler – smile and bide your time.’ We’ve survived a passel of things that way, smiling and biding our time, and we’ve gotten Read More…
WEST VIRGINIA HOMEOWNERS RESCUE PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
During Tuesday’s briefing, Gov. Justice announced that the new West Virginia Homeowners Rescue Program is now open and accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners who have experienced a financial hardship related to COVID-19. “This is a program that we want you to take advantage of because it will bring a lot of money into West Virginia and Read More…
Gov. Justice vetoes SB 729; will call special session in April
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today announced that he has vetoed Senate Bill 729, which was intended to create a self-sustaining loan fund with the West Virginia Economic Development Authority. The bill, in the form which was passed and delivered to the Governor, had several technical errors that would have made it nearly impossible to use the Read More…