GLENVILLE, WV – Glenville State University student Marissa Forga has been awarded a merit-based “Wisdom Exchange” scholarship from Mountain State Oral and Facial Surgery (MSOFS). Forga, a Richwood resident and graduate of Richwood High School, is studying chemistry at Glenville State University in a pre-pharmacy track. The $500 scholarship will go toward Forga’s tuition and expenses. She Read More…
Month: September 2022
Metz facing charges of Disorderly Conduct and Public Intoxication
According to a Criminal Complaint filed by Trooper Brian Young, on Monday, September 5, 2022 at approximately 5:30 p.m. he received a call from Calhoun County Dispatch in reference to a drunk female walking on the roadway near 1289 East Little Kanawha Highway in Grantsville, WV. The caller had stated the individual was drunk and yelling and removing her clothing. Trooper young then drove to that location, but prior to his arrival he located the same female, Tara Metz walking west along the roadside near the guard rail. He then activated his emergency lights and got out ofthe vehicle and spoke Read More…
Annual Adopt-A-Highway Fall cleanup set for September 24
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is now accepting registrations for the Adopt-A-Highway Fall Statewide Cleanup set for Saturday, September 24. Co-sponsored by the WVDEP and the state Division of Highways (DOH), the Adopt-A-Highway program is administered by the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) and improves the quality of Read More…
October 1 is the start of fall fire season, West Virginia residents urged to follow burning guidelines
CHARLESTON, WV — Fall fire season starts Friday, Oct. 1, and continues through Dec. 31. The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WVDOF) reminds residents to confine their outdoor burning to the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. Fires set during that time must be put out before 7 a.m. “The fall season is typically marked Read More…
West Virginia Ginseng Harvest Season Now Open through November 30
West Virginia Ginseng Digging West Virginia’s hills are filled with gold – a gold root, that is. The lucrative root, known as ginseng, brings out treasure hunters every year from September 1 through November 30 to dig it up and sell for a pretty penny. The Division of Forestry closely monitors the harvesting of this Read More…
August Property Transfers for Calhoun County
From the Office of Jean Simers, County Clerk
Creston News
Rev. Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church. This weekend will be the big sternwheel regatta at Marietta. Before the locks & dams were let to go out on the Little Kanawha, lots of paddle wheel boats called regularly at Creston. The W. Va. Trappers Association will have their Read More…
Bearfork Bluegrass Offering Fall Classes
Bear Fork Music classes will be holding an early sign up on Saturday, September 10, 2022. This sign up is to gather information about the interest in our classes this coming fall. In order to hold a particular class there must be a minimum of five people showing interest. If there is less than five Read More…
Dominion Energy Announces Closing of Sale of West Virginia Natural Gas Distribution Company
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) today announced closure of the sale of its West Virginia natural gas utility – Hope Gas, Inc. (Dominion Energy West Virginia or DEWV) – to a subsidiary of Hearthstone Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of Ullico Inc.’s infrastructure fund, for $690 million, adjusted for customary closing items. This transaction Read More…
Calhoun Centennial Bowl – Another Wayne Underwood Field Memory in the Books
Alumni across the ages took to the Wayne Underwood Field for the Calhoun Centennial Bowl with a final score of 32 to 26, White Team wins with coaches Jeff Church, Keith Smith and Kevin Yeager, against Red Team, Coaches Paul Goodrich and Roger Carter. But as the prognostication went of one of our favorite people, Read More…
