The annual Calhoun County Wood Festival will kick off it’s 64th year this week with sunny weather and opportunities to enjoy multiple events from the Grantsville area to the Calhoun County Park.
WAG Trap-Neuter-Return on June 15 and June 22
On Monday, June 15 and June 22, the Welfare of Animals Group (WAG) will be humanely trapping feral cats in the Mt. Zion 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 put food out for them on Sunday, June 14 and Sunday, June 21, as we will be trapping on Monday morning. Once the cats have recovered from anesthesia (at least 24 to 48 hours) we will return them to their exact location. They will be healthier, happier, and not reproducing and fighting. Thank you for your cooperation. So far we have spayed and neutered 1,139 community cats (614 females and 525 males). Please keep your personal cats indoors or put a collar on them on Monday the 15th and the 22nd. If you have any questions, please call Linda at 304-354-7506. If you are aware of a feral cat colony in your area, please let us know. Female kittens can begin breeding at four months old, so the best time to spay/neuter a colony is when there are only 5 or 6 cats. Trap-Neuter-Return is provided to Calhoun County residents at no cost to the caretaker. Partial funding for Trap-Neuter-Return is provided by The Oakland Foundation, The Bernard McDonough Foundation, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, and the Calhoun County Commission.
Creston News Week of June 1st
This weekend is the Wood Festival in Calhoun County and several Creston folks always participate in the activities in Grantsville. Because of the Wood Festival the Creston Bingo Game will be held on Saturday, June 13 at the Creston Community Building with the doors opening at noon with the games starting at 1 P. M. Read More…
Kristen Lonczynski Obituary
Kristen Lonczynski, 42, of Annamoriah, died suddenly on May 19th 2026. She is survived by her mother, Betty Mechler, her father, Barry Lonczynski, her son, Zakeriah, Sanchez- Lonczynski, her aunt and uncle Kathy and Jorge Correa, great aunts and uncles: Helen Henkel, Steve and Faye Frederick, and Elizabeth and Conrad Beattie, numerous cousins, and even Read More…
Troy Allen Ragland Obituary
Troy Allen Ragland, 56, of Calhoun County, died Tuesday, May 26, 2026. He was born May 8, 1970, at Millersburg, OH, the son of the late Earl and Hazel Bailey Ragland. Allen was an equipment operator and a member of I.U.O.E. #132, Charleston. He was a graduate of Calhoun County High School. Survivors include his Read More…
GOVERNOR MORRISEY ANNOUNCES AMERICA250 MERCHANDISE LINE AND STATEWIDE BELL-RINGING INITIATIVE
Charleston, W.Va. – Governor Patrick Morrisey today announced the next phase of West Virginia’s America250 celebration with the launch of a new America250 merchandise line and a statewide bell-ringing initiative honoring the United States’ 250th anniversary. Watch Governor’s remarks here “West Virginia’s heritage plays a meaningful role in America’s story, and this collection is a great Read More…
Olin “Dean” Marks Obituary
Olin “Dean” Marks, 78, of Arnoldsburg, West Virginia, passed away in the evening on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at WVU Camden Clark Medical Center, Parkersburg, WV, with family by his side following a short illness. Dean was born November 28, 1947, in Millstone, WV, the son of the late Alfred “Fuzzy” and Orla E. Poling Read More…
Wood Festival and Way Point Zero – Two Grand Events!
A rural West Virginia county has created Waypoint Zero Overland Outpost, a dark-sky destination and overlanding hub in the Appalachian Mountains. Opening during the historic Calhoun County Wood Festival, the outpost aims to bring outdoor recreation tourism to one of America’s most rural regions. Calhoun County Wood Festival and Waypoint Zero Grand Opening Set to Read More…
Marlece Layne Sprouse Obituary
Marlece Layne Sprouse, 70, of Normantown, WV; departed this earthly life to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at the WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV; following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born October 4, 1955 in Gassaway, WV; daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Read More…
















