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The following Agenda was forward by one of the local Public Service District Board’s who advised that they were not notified by the Town Government of the occurrence of this meeting. Date: January 28, 2026 Time: 1:00 PM Location: Grantsville Town Hall Below is the agreement (Provided by the Calhoun Chronicle) which was filed by Read More…
Town Council members attending an emergency meeting was Tonya Cunningham, Marissa Staples, Emilee Morgan, Chasity Bell, Recorder Isabella McCormick and Mayor John Villines. There was no Community Concerns or questions from the few in attendance. Following the recent resignation of Councilwoman Jessica Metz, Emilee Morgan made a motion for the council to run advertisements, accepting Read More…
The County PSD’s, both Mt. Zion and Pleasant Hill, along with the Town of Grantsville and County Commissioner Craig Arthur met on Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 to continue their discussion on the O&M Agreement. According to Ari White, Mt. Zion PSD Board president, The PSC requires two changes and suggested a third to the O&M Read More…
Shari Johnson, Publisher Life is seldom easy. But throw into that mix the living of life in a very public manner such as that of a Publisher of local news and the complexity reaches a higher level. Everyone has an opinion. And if it differs from yours, then obviously there was malcontent in your reasoning Read More…
During the 1960s and 1970s, Walter Cronkite was often cited as “the most trusted man in America” after being so named in an opinion poll. He closed the nightly news with “And that’s the way it is,” believing to the best of his knowledge he had reported the truth as it was. I’m not aspiring Read More…
The Grantsville Town Council met Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 at the City Hall for a special meeting to appoint a council member to fill the seat that has been vacant for the past few months. All current members were present, Emily Collins, Emilee Morgan, Linda Staton and Cheryl Sturms as well as Recorder Judy Powell Read More…
In a report received yesterday from the PSC, sent to all parties concerned with the recent appeal against the Town of Grantsville’s rate increase request, the WV Public Service Commission stated that the current hold on consideration was continued until May 1, 2024. This was done to allow the Town of Grantsville to make any Read More…
Mayor Robert Petrovsky has scheduled a meeting with WV American Water on Monday, April 29th, 2024 to discuss the possible acquisition of the Grantsville Municipal Water and Sewer System. Within the contentious debate of what should be done with the Grantsville Municipal Water system, the Mt. Zion PSD and the Pleasant Hill PSD, is the Read More…
The Calhoun County Commission met for their April 2024 meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 with all three Commissioners present, Craig Arthur, Roger Propst and Kevin Helmick. Speaking first under delegations was Crystal Mersh regarding water consolidation. Mrs. Mersh stated that she wanted to address the top of water consolidation that had risen to the Read More…
A social media post by The 1982 Foundation on Wednesday, March 13th gave customers for the Town of Grantsville some much needed insight on the upcoming rate increase being suggested by the Town of Grantsville. Below are reports for water cost reported by PSC on March 8. Grantsville City water is $40.12 for 3400 gallons. Read More…