It’s very important to know where your specific voting precinct is located. Below is the State code that describes what happens if a person votes at a precinct that they’re not registered in. It doesn’t mean your vote won’t county, but it certainly won’t count on election night when it needs to. If there are Read More…
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IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE WEST VIRGINIA HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore is pleased to announce that the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals entered an Order on October 6, 2022, dissolving the July Circuit Court injunction that prevented the Hope Scholarship Program from moving forward. Treasurer Moore commends the Court for its quick action, restoring the ability for West Virginia families Read More…
Neighboring Wirt County Awarded Grant for ”Clean School Buses”
Charleston, WV — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin /Shelley Moore Capito (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced1,975,000 in funding for Wyoming, Boone, and Wirt county schools through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s (IIJA) Clean School Bus Program. Read More…
Gov. Justice announces expanded West Virginia State Parks discounts available to veterans and active military personnel
CHARLESTON, WV – As a show of appreciation to veterans and active duty military personnel, Gov. Jim Justice announced today that several discounts for all United States veterans are available. Veterans who stay at a West Virginia state park lodge throughout the month of November are eligible for a 50% discount on lodge room stays. “I Read More…
West Virginia covered with most dazzling fall foliage of the decade
Travelers are encouraged to continuing sharing foliage videos to social media in exchange for exclusive merchandise Charleston, W.Va. – Impressive fall color now covers the majority of the Mountain State as the West Virginia Department of Tourism continues to urge individuals to share current foliage conditions to their social channels in an effort to help spread Read More…
The White’s Have Only One Regret about Moving to Calhoun County, Not doing it sooner
Don’t be deceived by the outdoor setting and the blue tarp that so many of us are accustomed to throwing over the back of a pickup truck or a yard sale table. It wasn’t an ordinary tarp, and it wasn’t an ordinary evening when I interviewed another new family in Calhoun, three generations of White’s. Read More…
Meet the Plato’s – Their story will make you laugh, cry and want to know them as friends
I first met the Plato’s where I meet many people in my life, at church! When Jack and Lola Clark invited them to a Victory Baptist Church service. But it wasn’t until our chance meetings became several overlapping events that I truly began to call them friends. I knew they were not West Virginians, but Read More…
Gov. Justice announces over $1.2 million in Justice Assistance Grant awards
10/24/2022 CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that he has awarded $1,204,534.00 in Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program funds to thirty-nine (39) projects statewide. These funds will be used to assist state agencies, local units of government, and private non-profit agencies in carrying out specific programs that offer a high probability of improving the functioning of Read More…
Welcome The Gerlach Family – Why they love Calhoun County, West Virginia and How they’re making it Home
By Shari Johnson, Publisher Over the past few years, I’ve had several opportunities to meet the new families that are moving into Calhoun County. Multiple families from multiple states, and it always caused me multiple musings as to why they’d move to Calhoun County. What would draw anyone to a small county, with little to Read More…
West Virginia continues to shine with the best fall color of the decade
Department of Tourism encourages visitors to share foliage videos to social media in exchange for exclusive merchandise Charleston, W.Va. – Fall color continues to spread, bringing the most vibrant autumn shades of the decade into a number of travel regions across the Mountain State as the West Virginia Department of Tourism releases its fourth fall foliage Read More…
