We’d love to see images from your deer hunting experience! And reward someone for their efforts. Please send your 2022 Buck Kill photos to the Ridgeview News. We’ll put all submission names in a drawing to win the Handcrafted Wooden Shotgun Shell Pen with a Rifle Clip made by Fire Chief David Johnson with a Read More…
Tag: Calhoun County
Pleasant Hill Elementary Presents the 2022 Snowflake Pageant Royalty
Submitted by Patty Haught Pleasant Hill Elementary School held their Snowflake Coronation on Friday, November 18, 2022. There were 23 contestants in grades PreK-4th grade and they collected money for votes. The contestants raised a grand total of $14,942.29. This fund raiser was sponsored by the Pleasant Hill Elementary School PTO and the money will Read More…
Icy Roads Create Treacherous Driving in Calhoun
Eighty-eight year old Charles Smith of Barnes Run Road discovered the hard way that Calhoun Roads were covered with black ice. He was heading to a Church Fellowship in Elizabeth when he lost control of his Lincoln Town-car in the area of Annamoriah and slid out of the road and across the ditch line. His Read More…
Calhoun County Schools Receive their Annual Accountability Ratings for school Year 2021-2022
The accountability system for West Virginia is a comprehensive system of measurements designed by the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) to provide meaningful feedback about county/district and school performance overall and by subgroups of students. It applies to all West Virginia public schools, including charter public schools, to present a coherent and aligned set Read More…
Little Kanawha Area Development Corporation Grant Award
November 17, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently awarded a $65,000 grant to Little Kanawha Area Development Corporation (LKADC) to fund its economic and community development project. LKADC was one of 11 organizations to benefit from the Rural Business Development Grant Program. The funds will be used to create a business enhancement/incubator project, the “BEI Zone,” that will be a Read More…
Independent Auditor’s Report Findings and Commission’s Response for 2020
Below is the letter attached to the 2020 Audit for the Calhoun County Commission which provides a summary of the findings and the response from the Calhoun County Commission. To read the complete audit with all financial information and audit details following the link below. The letter from bhm cpa group, inc. was copy and Read More…
Independent Auditor’s Report Findings and Commission’s Response for 2019
Below is the letter attached to the 2019 Audit for the Calhoun County Commission which provides a summary of the findings and the response from the Calhoun County Commission. To read the complete audit with all financial information and audit details following the link below. The letter from bhm cpa group, inc. was copy and Read More…
Canvassing Dilemma Possibly Resolved
According to Jean Simers, Calhoun County Clerk, Richard Lockhart of (correction) Casto and Harris will be in Grantsville Wednesday Morning at 9 a.m. to assist in completion of the voter canvassing. Simers said that because 22 votes did not print, they were permitted by the WVSOC office to “recreate” those ballots. With that recreation they Read More…
Commissioner Helmick has no response to Resignation Request from Citizens
Once again it was standing room only for the Calhoun County Commission meeting as the voters of Calhoun appeared to demand a response from their elected officials as to what they, (the Commission) deemed acceptable behavior. Their demand fell on deaf ears. Following their standard procedures for opening the meeting, delegations were permitted to addres Read More…
Vote Canvassing has Unresolved Issues
Ridgeview News covered the very painfully boring vote canvass beginning at 1 p.m. and ending shortly after 3 p.m. The procedure for vote canvassing is for the Commissioners to set a bond that cannot exceed $300 for a recount if requested by any candidate. The Calhoun Commission set the bond at $300.00. The County Clerk Read More…