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NEWS PROVIDED BY West Virginia Department of Transportation August 29, 2023, 04:14 GMT With the summer construction season well underway, the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) continues to repair slips and slides throughout the Mountain State.Gov. Jim Justice and Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston, P.E., have placed a special emphasis on taking care of the Read More…
SFC (Ret) Hale Vannoy 92, died peacefully on Wednesday August 23, 2023. Visitation to be held on Monday, August 28 at 11:00 until 11:50, the Funeral Service will begin at 12:00pm at Striffler-Hamby Funeral Home. Interment at Parkhill Cemetery. Hale was born October 4, 1930 in Apple Farm, West Virginia to Odus S. and Ethel Read More…
Raymond L. Metz, 70, of Grantsville, WV, went to be with the Lord on August 25, 2023, at Miletree Nursing Home. He was born on July 2, 1953, in Grantsville, WV, a son of the late Wesley Clayton Metz and Leatha Lenore Sidwell Metz Keener. He is survived by his wife Deloris Sturms Metz of Read More…
Photos by Timothy Butler The water level continues to rise in the Spring Run Road area in Arnoldsburg. Photos taken around 6 p.m. show the ballfield adjacent to the Minnie Hamilton Clinic now underwater.
A complaint filed in Calhoun County Magistrate Court by Trooper J.D. Richards found John Henry McCune facing the felony charge of Wanton Endangerment and being held on a $75,000 bond. Trooper Richards received information from Calhoun 911 on August 27th, 2023 when Carol Huffman was alledgedly shot at by her neighbor at the address of Read More…
Heavy rainfall over the weekend and throughout Monday has led to major flooding in the West Fork area of Calhoun. Local reports show that many main and secondary routes are now closed due to high waters. The intersection of 33/119 onto Route 16 has now been closed and secondary roads such us Spring Run by Read More…
Photos by Whitney Butler These are all route 16 south towards clay. The water is steadily heading towards Arnoldsburg. Eric Lupardus, owner of the Country Kitchen at Big Otter has offered his business as a place to stop over and await the water receding.
Videos provided by Timothy Butler. They were taken in the vicinity of the Calhoun line after Nebo in the West Fork area. If you have reports of areas experiencing high waters, please notifiy ridgeview so we can get the word out. If you take pictures or video, please send them to the Ridgeview via Facebook. Read More…
Opinion by Shari Johnson, Republcan Vice-Chair At what point does the American people, West Virginia people, Calhoun people get so sick of the bullarky that the politicians are spewing that they go face to face with them and demand an explanation of their stupidity. It is seldom without an agenda that they speak on anything. Read More…
Submitted by Deirdre Purdy STUDENT LOANS – Rich Peoples’ Debt, Poor Peoples’ Debt On the campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden pledged to cancel at least $10,000 of studentdebt per person. “Student debt is holding people up,” he said. “They’re in real trouble.”That was the catchy part. Behind that was a bigger plan to offer Read More…
