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2024 State 4-H Presentation Contest Winners from Roane County

Several Roane County 4-H member recently participated in the virtual state 4-H presentation contest.  They had to qualify at the Roane County 4-H County Round-up by scoring a 90 or above to advance to the state level.  Below are the blue and red state winners: Blue​ • Garrett Brabham​, Reedy Lucky 4-H Club​, “Let’s Go Fishing” • Brogan Burdette​, Read More…

Community Events News

COMPLETE RESULTS – Rt33W LIVE! – Saturday, May 4th, 2024

Submitted by Jessica McCumbers Ring announcer: Vince Riviera Referees: Mike Luckey and Smartie Marks Owner/Director: The Boss Lady JC Brought to you by: Groves Auto Service, Twister’s Garage, and the City Of Spencer, West Virginia 1) All Natural Ashley vs. The Unwilting Tatiana Winner: The Unwilting Tatiana After an electrifying exchange of blows and slams, The Unwilting Tatiana seized victory over All-Natural Read More…

Community Events Farming/Agriculture News

Annual Spencer Farmers Market Organizational Meeting

Spencer Farmers Market Annual Organizational Meeting Are you interested in selling at the Spencer Farmers Market this year? Do you have surplus vegetables from your garden, eggs, value-add products, baked goods, jams, jellies, meats, honey, maple syrup or more and want another outlet to sell? The annual organizational meeting of the Spencer Farmers Market is a great time to find out how the market can help you. Read More…

Government News

Gov. Justice appoints Erica Moore to Fifteenth District seat in House of Delegates

CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today he has appointed Erica J. Moore, of Spencer, to the West Virginia House of Delegates Fifteenth District, which serves Roane and Wirt counties. Moore fills the seat vacated by Riley Keaton, who resigned earlier this month. Erica is a computer science graduate from West Virginia University. She has Read More…

Community Events News Sports

Calhoun Youth Football Bounces Back!

Submitted by Kevin Cunningham Photo by Blue Skys Studio Calhoun Youth Football travelled to Roane County on Saturday September 30th looking to bounce back from a rough weekend against Elk River last week. And bounce back they did. The Little Red Devils walked away with a 4 game swee of the Little Raiders and secured Read More…

News

Calhoun Crews Dispatched to Harris Oil Company Fire in Roane

All three Calhoun County Fire Stations, Grantsville, Arnoldsburg and Upper West Fork were dispatched by Calhoun Control and then later canceled mid route when the fire had seemingly gotten under control. Arnoldsburg VFD had made it to scene. According to earlier reports from Roane, a call came in around 5:15 stating a vehicle had caught Read More…

Crimes/Punishment News

Rhodes Arrested for Failure to Register

According to a criminal complaint filed in the Magistrate Court of Calhoun by Sgt. C.J. Weekley, Timothy Rhodes, who is required to register in Calhoun County, West Virginia as a sex offender due to a guilty plea in Roane County, WV in November 2016 for the charge of Attempting to Commit a Felony, to-wit: Soliciting Read More…

Crimes/Punishment News

Stolen UTV Recovered in Roane, Arnoldsburg Man Arrested

In a Complaint filed by Sgt. J.P. Drake, Edward Allen Fields, age 42, of Arnoldsburg, West Virginia was in possession of a possible stolen UTV. According to the complaint, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at approximately 1:44 p.m. Sergeant Drake was contacted by public service breading a possible stolen UTV on Steele Hollow Road in Read More…