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On Thursday, March 21st at approximately 4:38 p.m. Calhoun Control received a call that an out building on Left Fork Creek was on fire and the field around iot. Arnoldsburg VFD, Upper West Fork VFD., Minnie Hamilton Health System and the WV Forestry Division responded to the scene. All units cleared the scene at approximately 7:00 p.m. According Read More…
Homeowner, Cheryl Kargol, of 1611 Joker Ridge Road, was home when smoke began to come out of her furnace vents, but no evidence of fire at that time. After calling 911, both Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department and Minnie Hamilton Health Systems Ambulance service were on scene. Ms. Kargol told Ridgeview News that Ambulance Staff, Mitchell Read More…
Photo used with permission from Gary Imhoff ***CORRECTION: Alvin Engelke of Creston contacted The Ridgeview News with an update correction on this morning’s report on the Creston ATV accident on Saturday. Mr. Engelke stated that according to Tammy Tanner and her friend Bob who was an EMT, the two of them came upon the couple Read More…
Ridgeview News reached out to the Parkersburg City Police who were on the scene of an accident involving an Ambulance from Minnie Hamilton Health Systems to verify the information below, but no one was available. According to a witness on the scene, On Friday, August 11, 2023, Minnie Hamilton Health System’s ambulance (running lights and Read More…
The Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department was toned by Calhoun Control as well as Minnie Hamilton’s Ambulance for coverage around 12:36 a.m. for a truck fire in the Annamoriah area, 10,000 block, of West Little Kanawha Highway. Charles Bell, whose 2004 Ford truck was parked about 20 feet from the garage where he was working, heard Read More…
Commissioners Matt Walker, Kevin Helmick and Craig Arthur met for a “work session” at the Calhoun County Courthouse at 4 p.m. this evening, January 19, 2022. A work session means that no agenda or official action occurred. The meeting was called by Commission President Matt Walker who stated that he was concerned about the direction Read More…
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…
In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS practitioners and the important work they do in our nation’s communities. National Emergency Medical Services Week brings together local communities and medical personnel to honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine’s frontline. Minnie Hamilton Celebrated EMS Week by Read More…
A motorcycle driver and passenger, both in their seventies, were riding on Route 5 West coming toward Grantsville when, in navigation of a turn, his foot plate caught the pavement causing the Harley Davidson Bike to lay down; dragging both riders along the roadway and berm. Both sustained multiple injuries requiring life flights to be Read More…
