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NEWS PROVIDED BY West Virginia Development Office Meet Adam Payne, the Editor in Chief of “YNST Magazine.” This captivating media outlet aims to bridge the gap between creatives in Appalachia and the rest of the world. In this conversation, Payne sheds light on his motivation behind starting the magazine, the incredible talent he discovered Read More…
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced a Friday that a total of $10,953,774 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), to support various projects throughout Read More…
Rev. Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church. Meanwhile his wife is laid up with, as he said, “a bum paw”. Former minister, Rev. Craig Blankenship is back in the hospital dealing with an infection after the amputation of his foot [because of an infection in his ankle]. The Read More…
Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 6:13 p.m. on Sunday evening to the home of John and Kyra Posey on Philips Run, in Grantsville, WV for an outbuilding fire. According to John Posey, he was not home at the time that the fire started in a small metal outbuilding from an unknown origin. The Read More…
With updated hunting regulations in effect, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is reminding hunters to review several important changes to hunting seasons for white-tailed deer, wild turkey and black bear before their respective seasons open this fall. These changes are included in the new 2023-24 West Virginia Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary, which Read More…
RECORD-BREAKING FISH MEASURED IN AT 53.62 INCHES. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An 11-year record for the longest longnose gar caught in West Virginia has been broken, Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced today. The record-breaking fish, which measured in at 53.62 inches, was caught by Rich Chapman of Ashton, W.Va. on Read More…
Lula Gay Tanner, 84, of Orma, WV, passed away at Roane General Hospital, Spencer, WV, on July 20, 2023. She was born in Calhoun County, WV, on January 24, 1939, a daughter of the late Roy and Cora Cottrell Tanner. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by daughter Margaret Godbey and Read More…
Commissioner Craig Arthur had a productive meeting in Charleston this week when he met met with Speaker of the House, Roger Hanshaw to present the match funding applications on behalf of Calhoun County. One application was for the critical upgrade for the Pump House Station located at Pleasant Hill. The other application was the Annamoriah Read More…
My wife and I were privileged to travel to Reno, Nevada and the Peppermill Resort to the STN Expo (School Transportation News). The STN Expo is the largest event of its kind. School Transportation Officials from all over the Country travel to Reno to sharpen their skills to make school transportation better for their students. Read More…
A great week of Tent Meeting has been held at the Calhoun County Park with the closing service tonight. Pastor David “Mike” Kerby, of Shinnston, WV, former Calhoun Countian, returned home to hold the tent meeting in hopes of stirring up the community spiritually and bringing a touch of nostalgia back home. That’s really the Read More…
