The 1982 Foundation is excited to announce the tentative plans for the 2022 Spring Fling Event. Some of the aspects have yet to be finalized but will be updated accordingly when plans are made. With this evert being one month away participants are encouraged to contact event organizers if you’d like to take part. Event Read More…
Year: 2022
Creston News
In addition to the crocuses & daffodils, chickweed and henbit were blooming as robins scurried around looking for worms & other tasty morsels. Then, Friday night (during the night) it snowed and there was more than six inches. Folks with side by sides & tractors plowed off Creston area roads & driveways but traffic was Read More…
WVDNR CONDUCTING STATEWIDE STUDY ON HUNTING
For Release: March 10, 2022Contact: Andy Malinoski, 304-553-9305, Andy.E.Malinoski@wv.gov SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) is conducting a survey of state residents and their hunting participation and success rates for various species to help manage wildlife populations and hunting opportunities in the state. The study will include licensed hunters, license-exempt hunters and state residents Read More…
WEST VIRGINIA HUNTERS HARVEST 105,278 DEER IN 2021 SEASONS
For Release: March 9, 2022Contact: Andy Malinoski, 304-553-9305, Andy.E.Malinoski@wv.gov SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA — Hunters harvested 105,278 white-tailed deer during the recent buck firearms, antlerless, muzzleloader, archery, crossbow, youth/Class Q/Class XS and Mountaineer Heritage deer seasons, according to Paul Johansen, chief of the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR). The total harvest was 1.5 percent Read More…
Gov. Justice requests $5 million in aid for Ukraine children’s hospital bombed by Russia
CHARLESTON, WV – Following his address yesterday on America’s energy crisis and the war in Ukraine, Gov. Jim Justice sent a letter requesting that the West Virginia Legislature join him in pledging $5 million in assistance for the Ukrainian maternity and children’s hospital recently bombed by Russian military forces. VIEW FULL LETTER “The ongoing war on Ukraine is beyond Read More…
2022 is ”The Year of the Houner” with Positivity and Progress
The 1982 Foundation continues to make progress on the Calhoun County Community Center as Spring events and exciting announcements continue to come. The work crews are one room away from finishing the internal demo with the next step starting the framing on the gymnasium roof where there is rot and fixing the stage in preparation Read More…
High Winds and Rotting Trees Bring Power Lines Down
There was no electricity for about two hours from just South of Grantsville to the Millstone area, as well as small highway branches due to trees falling across power lines near the home of Larry Whited. The downed trees took out one large section of the power lines knocking them into the highway and closing Read More…
Road Sludge Likely the Cause of Morning Accident
Tiffany Arthur was able to phone in her own accident to 911, even being locked into her seat belt and tilted into a steep ditch along West Little Kanawha Highway around the 11610 block. Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 914 a.m. as well as the WV State Police and Westfall’s Wrecker service. Miss Read More…
Spring Forward on Your Clocks and Get to Bed Early, it’s Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time has been used in the United States since World War I. It began as an effort to conserve fuel which was needed to produce electric energy. The United States officially adopted and enacted “An Act to preserve daylight and provide standard time for the United States” on March 19, 1918. The ”act” Read More…
