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By Deirdre Purdy I live deep in MAGA country where my local critics regularly inform me just how wrong I am. I try to figure out if they’re onto something – or not. As a regular theme, they will vote for Trump again because his first term was a time of unrivaled peace and prosperity. Read More…
Charleston, W. Va. – Again this year, the WV Secretary of State’s Office is participating in the national “Help America Vote Day” to recruit poll workers for the upcoming 2024 elections. Help America Vote Day is a day of action established by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to encourage people across the country to get involved in Read More…
Rev . Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church & served Holy Communion. Creston had a “January thaw” and the snow all melted and along the Richardsonville road some chickweed is now in bloom. Now some streams are out of their banks. The former state chairwoman had Byron Fisher Read More…
Prior to the January 2nd, 2024 meeting, The Grantsville City Council had met on the previous Saturday in a meeting of questionable standing when it was held without notice to the public as required by law. At that meeting the Council voted between two applicants to appoint Emily Robinson to the position of City Councilwoman, Read More…
According to the initial report that was called into Calhoun Control, a driver swerved to avoid a collision with a car pulling into the roadway and lost control of his vehicle. He then went through a fence at the home of Nathan Allison and hit a tree in the yard, not far from the front Read More…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been embroiled in battle with the federal government over an invasion of illegal aliens. Abbott cites not just the failure of the federal government to do its constitutionally required duties to protect our borders, but the willful misconduct by the White House in enabling the invasion. Abbott cites national security Read More…
Delmar “Duane” Adams, 73, of Harrisville, WV, passed away January 20, 2024, at Marietta Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. He was born in Ritchie County on Feb. 27, 1950, the son of the late Maxine Adams Wilson and Delmar Adams. He was a graduate of Harrisville High School Class of 1968. Duane loved to Read More…
In a social media post, Aryeh White, Mt. Zion PSD Board President, gave a very clear explanation of the recent proposal made by Mayor Robert Petrovsky. There’s a lot of questions about the water rate increases that the Town of Grantsville is preparing. I’m going to explain as well as I can what’s happening and Read More…
The Office of Environmental Health Services (OEHS) within the West Virginia Department of Health’s (DH) Bureau for Public Health is working with local water systems to reduce the risk of cyberattacks on public water and wastewater systems in West Virginia. Common goals of these cyberattacks may be to disrupt treatment and distribution, compromise email communication, Read More…
