News

Early Morning Structure Fire on Broomstick Road

Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 2:36 a.m. to an early morning structure fire on Broomstick Road, off North Calhoun Highway. Joe and Robin Hardbarger woke shortly before 2:30 a.m. to discover their electric out and the sound of popping. When Robin looked out her window she discovered an outbuilding, about 20-30 feet from Read More…

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Youth League Basketball Stats Announced

2nd and 3rd Grade Records Team Church/Mayle: 8-0 Team Butler/Hanlon: 4-4 Team Wilson/Cunningham:4-4 Team Snodgrass: 4-4 Team Persinger/Badger: 0/8 4-6th Grade Records Team Allison/Arthur: 8-0 Team Perkins/Carter: 5-3 Team Frail/Walker: 4-4 Team Heiney: 1-7 Team Wilson/Sampson: 2-6 2nd & 3rd Grade Team Church/Mayle 26 Tyler Mayle 2 Mason Sampson 10 Mandy Johnson 10 Colton Neal Played but didn’t score Sadie Read More…

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Roane and Gilmer Counties Receive USDA Funding

MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE NEARLY $10 MILLION IN USDA FUNDING FOR WEST VIRGINIA Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $9,964,754 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for multiple initiatives across the state of West Virginia.  “Supporting rural communities across West Virginia creates Read More…

Government News

Gov. Justice holds 300th briefing, discusses waning Omicron surge 

CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the state’s latest pandemic response and vaccine distribution efforts. GOV. JUSTICE SPOTLIGHTS DECLINING NUMBER OF COVID CASESDuring his 300th briefing on COVID-19 Monday, Gov. Justice spotlighted a pair of charts Read More…

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Grantsville Town Council Updated on Multiple City Projects

The Town Council of Grantsville and Mayor Robert Petrovsky met Monday, February 7th, 2022 at the City Offices in Grantsville for their regular monthly meeting. The first topic of conversation was the Mayor’s report on the contest for carving ideas for the Gingko tree that was cutdown in front of Body’s Restaurant on Main Street. Read More…

Tourism

A Sweet West Virginia Experience

As a lover of maple treats, this event sounds like one that would be a sweet experience! While perusing their website I discovered that the nearest Maple farm to Calhoun County is Croagh Patrick, located at 2700 Third Run Road, Glenville, WV. According to their information they are experimenting with maple syrup production, with the Read More…

Guest Writers

Creston News

Winter weather has continued in the Creston area with snow, icy roads, some high water and the use of significant amounts of firewood, the latter now apparently banned where the “sophisticated” live to preserve the planet for China & India. Old Brer Whistlepig saw his shadow in Creston on Ground Hog Day so winter will Read More…

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State to Consider Re-implementing Hunters Safety back in Schools

House Bill (4065) was introduced in the regular session on January 13, 2022 that, should it pass, will amend and reenact §18-2-8a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to a hunter safety orientation program in public schools and require the Board of Education to implement the program once again. Introduced by Read More…

Health News News

Governor Announces First Cases of BA.2 Omicron SubVariant in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the state’s latest pandemic response and vaccine distribution efforts. FIRST CASES OF BA.2 OMICRON SUB-VARIANT IDENTIFIED IN WEST VIRGINIADuring Friday’s briefing, Gov. Justice announced that West Virginia health officials have Read More…

Health News

Bill to Hold Employers Liable for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Introduced

A Bill introduced in the West Virginia Legislature (SB578) on February 3, 2022, would make an employer responsible if an employee has injury, disease or death from a mandated COVID-19 vaccine. A note at the end of the introduced bill stated in simplistic terms said: NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make employers Read More…