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Hardway Nominated for the WV Bluegrass Hall of Fame Deceased Inductees

By Shari (Hardway) Johnson, Publisher Funny thing about Bluegrass Music, It didn’t mean a thing to me, until I learned to play it. As a matter of fact, I used to tell my soft hearted parents that it made me carsick when they’d play it in the car and they’d turn it off. But now, Read More…

Crimes/Punishment News

Calhoun Magistrate Report for September

FELONY CASES FILED Sheriff Warren Basnett vs. Michael Perry Richards, 23M07F00012, (1) Burglary, (2) Grand Larceny. Case dismissed by Magistrate Lora Davis on 9/13/23. WVSP, Sgt. Christopher J. Weekley vs. David A. Clary, 23M07F00034, Domestic Battery or Domestic Assault Third offense, Dismissed by Magistrate Richard Postalwait on 9/14/23. WVSP, Trooper Josh Richards vs. John Henry Read More…

Community News

Randolph Wins 3rd Place in Spartan North American Championship

Local teen, Eli Randolph traveled to Killington, Vermont on September 16th and 17th went to compete in the Spartan North American championship. He competed in the male 14-17 division and won 3rd place representing Grantsville, West Virginia on the world stage. Athletes that traveled from all over North America and parts of Europe to compete Read More…

Government News

West Virginia Division of Highways Equipment Operators Win Regional Competition

​ It was a win more than 20 years in the making, as West Virginia hosted 11 states in the Southeast Regional Roadeo, on Tuesday, September 26  through Thursday, September 28, 2023.  The equipment operators “Roadeo” is a training and safety conference in which leading equipment operators from each state compete on a course designed to Read More…

News Obituary

Ernestine Keaton Obituary

Ernestine Keaton, 86, of Orma, W. Va., died Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at her home after an extended illness. She was born March 18, 1937, at Little White Oak, Calhoun County, the daughter of the late Ernest and Martha West Brannon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Delnor Keaton, whom Read More…