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The Mt. Zion Public Service District board met for their monthly meeting on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 with their newly appointed member Ari White, as well as the remaining board members, Anita West and Robin Hughes. Mr. White came prepared for the meeting with a copy of Roberts Rules of Order, all 816 pages, to Read More…
Correspondence received by Melissa West, Reporter for the Calhoun Chronicle Good afternoon: Please see the following information regarding Mt. Zion PSD.The Mt. Zion Public Service District (PSD) collected bacteriological samples at two separate locations in June. One of those samples collected at the end of a water line indicated the presence of bacteria. Mt. Zion Read More…
The unrecognized and unmonitored power of the WV Department of Health and Human Resources was likely the reason for the recent overhaul within the agency in Charleston. The corrective actions took place due to the overloaded child welfare system, where in January the DHHR had a reported 50 percent increase in abuse and neglect filings Read More…
The Calhoun County Commission held a special meeting on the 28th of June, 2023 for the purpose of discussing reallocating $1.2 Million in ARPA funds that had been slated for broadband last year. Present were Commissioners Craig Arthur, Matt Walker and Kevin Helmick. Businessman Eric Lupardus addressed the Commission to speak on the future Read More…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding for 16 different local infrastructure projects totaling $20,868,000 through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). “Through my roles on both the EPW and Appropriations committees, I work Read More…
Water will be shut off temporarily between Fowler Lane and Sinking Springs while the Mt. Zion PSD crew repairs the water leak.
Due to the Electricity being out in the Phillips Run area and the continued power company work on the lines and poles in that area, Mt. Zion PSD cannot pump water. Higher elevations have already ran out and the lower elevations will be soon to follow. The electric lines will likely not be repaired until Read More…
There’s a current blame game in America that has made its way to Calhoun County or perhaps it was always here, but it certainly seems more prevalent. The Republican’s blame Democrats, the Democrats blame the Republicans, the Independents have jumped ship because they’re tired of the blame but the truth of the matter is “none Read More…
In another attempt to move the Town of Grantsville, Pleasant Hill PSD and Mt. Zion PSD into consolidation, all entities involved met at the Grantsville Town office either in person or through the internet to determine the viability of it happening. Mt. Zion and Pleasant Hill had all but resigned themselves to the fact of Read More…