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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…
SPENCER, WV – On Saturday, September 9 th , Route 33 Wrestling will host its 17 th live event at the National GuardArmory in Spencer, WV.Rt33W LIVE! will feature some of the best pro wrestling action West Virginia can offer, including: # About Route 33 Wrestling, LLCFounded in 2017 by stuntwoman and actor-combatant Jessi McCumbers Read More…
Submitted by Kevin Cunningham/Photos by Clear Blue Skys Studio In week 3 of the Calhoun Little Red Devils season, the Little Devils take home all wins. Calhoun travelled to Gilmer on Sunday August 27th. The Calhoun Flag team got the day started with a 10 TD to 2 TD victory. Calhoun had Touchdowns by several Read More…
WAG Trap-Neuter-Return on September 17 On Sunday, September 17 the Welfare of Animals Group (WAG) will be humanely trapping stray and feral cats in the Orma area to have them spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and ear tipped (the universal sign that a cat has been part of a Trap-Neuter-Return program). We would appreciate if you would not Read More…
Rev. Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church & served Holy Communion. He is scheduled for a cardiac procedure on Tuesday and he will not be out and about next Sunday. The local area had more rain making some streams muddy. Freddie Bush & associates have been cutting second Read More…
A Friday afternoon, August 25th, accident in the 8,000 block of Russett Road, sent a passenger to the hospital with head injury and only resulted in minor injuries to the driver. Dennis Ray Cottrill of Clarksburg reportedly swerved to miss a deer, lost control of the 2002 Ford F350 he was driving and slammed into Read More…