News Schools

Preschool & Kindergarten Enrollment

Enrollment Information Calhoun County Universal Preschool now has enrollment packets available for parents to enroll their children in Pre-K or Kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year. Enrollment packets may be picked up at Arnoldsburg Elementary, Pleasant Hill Elementary, or Calhoun County Board of Education during school hours.   The registration fairs are held to assist families Read More…

Art & Music News

Buddy Griffin, Music legend has Passed

Buddy Mason Griffin, well known West Virginia musician passed away on Monday, February 3rd, 2025 according to several social media posts from friends and colleagues. He was born on September 22, 1948, in Richwood, Nicholas County, one of WV’s best-known and most widely respected bluegrass and traditional country musicians. Buddy Griffin is a multi-instrumentalist who Read More…

News

January Property Transfers from the Office of the Calhoun County Clerk

Deed Book 313, Page 168Glenda Singleton, Amos Singleton, Van Singleton and Carldetta Webber, GrantorsLucas A. Morford and Kayla R. Morford, GranteesDescription: Laurel 18.25 Acres SurDistrict: ShermanConsideration: $75,000Map 4Parcel 14Deed Book 313 Page 171KT Properties, GrantorKendra Dawn Curry, GranteeDescription: 3 lotsDistrict: Grantsville CorpConsideration: $30,000Map: 5Parcel: 103Parcel: 104Parcel: 105Deed Book 313, Page 176David T. Mason, GrantorLouise Chassagne, Read More…

Crimes/Punishment News

Bond Revocation following Domestic Assault and Destruction of Property Charges on Dylan Little

In a complaint filed in the Magistrate’s Court Court of Calhoun County, Deputy H. Stephens stated that on January 28th, 2025, she had received a text message from a WVDHHR – CPS worker, advising her of an incident which had occurred that morning between the victim and her boyfriend, Dylan Little. The incident occurred on Read More…

Farming/Agriculture News

WVDA SECURES LEGAL VICTORY IN BEEKEEPING CASE

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has achieved a major legal victory for farmers and beekeepers across the state. In November 2024, the WVDA intervened in the Kanawha County Circuit Court case Alex Urban v. City of South Charleston to defend the rights of West Virginians to engage in agricultural practices, Read More…

Hunting News

WEST VIRGINIA HUNTERS HARVEST 2,479 BLACK BEARS IN 2024

2024 BLACK BEAR HARVEST REMAINED CONSISTENT WITH 2023 NUMBERS SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced today that hunters in West Virginia harvested 2,479 black bears during the combined 2024 archery, crossbow and firearms seasons. The preliminary harvest for the combined 2024 seasons was lower than the 2,830 bears taken Read More…

News Schools

Early Steps to School Success Available for Calhoun Families

Save the Children’s Early Steps to School Success program is helping families with children ages 0-5 build strong foundations for learning. The program offers home visits, developmental screenings, parent-child groups, a book bag exchange, and school readiness activities to support early literacy, social-emotional growth, and motor skills. If you’re expecting or have young children, connect Read More…