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Adam Jenkins Team Wins First Place in CMHS Football Golf Tournament

Calhoun High School Football Team held a Golf Tournament , Saturday, June 11 at the Glenville Golf Club in Gilmer County with 17 Teams in competition. The Adam Jenkins Team won first place with players: Adam Jenkins, C.T. Greenlief. Austin Pounds, and Amy Skinner. Second Place winners were ”Mike’s Team.” (Please identify the people in Read More…

Art & Music Community Events News

Calhoun County Park to Host July 4th Event

Calhoun County Park will be hosting their annual July 4th Fireworks, but added to this years event is an afternoon and evening filled with entertainment. From Noon until 3 p.m., Sherry Wade will be hosting Karaoke, Will Freed will Sing from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and John Richards will wing from 6 to 9 Read More…

Human Interest Hunting/Fishing News

Gov. Justice announces West Virginia’s Free Fishing Weekend to take place this Saturday, June 11, and Sunday, June 12 

CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice is once again calling all West Virginians to get their fishing gear ready, because West Virginia’s Free Fishing Weekend is back this Saturday, June 11, and Sunday, June 12, 2022. During these two days, residents and nonresidents are able to fish in West Virginia for free. The annual event gives novice Read More…

Human Interest News Schools

Bands with Glenville State University Ties to Headline Live on the Levee

GLENVILLE, WV – The 2022 Live on the Levee lineup has been released and it features several Glenville State University musicians. The Parachute Brigade will headline the July 22 concert. The indie-roots band from Beckley, West Virginia includes Glenville State alumnus Brittany McGuire on vocals and keyboard. Eric Robbins, Justin Puett, Jodie Cox-Puett, Jeremiah Hatfield, and Krystion Stover round Read More…

Human Interest News

A Field Full of Fall Fun and Festivities is in the Ground

The 1982 Foundation has made it’s mark with several growing ventures in Calhoun County, but Thursday evening they began growing what they hope will be a field full of fall festivities! Approximately 40 volunteers arrived on Spring Run Road in Arnoldsburg to plant the pumpkin patch for a fall event. Children and adults alike, hoed Read More…

Government News

Treasury Announces that West Virginia is One of Four States Receiving First Capital Projects Fund Awards to Increase Access to Affordable, High-Speed Internet

Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia, and West Virginia are the first states to be approved to receive funds under the American Rescue Plan and will connect over 200,000 homes and businesses WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the first group of plans approved under the American Rescue Plan’s Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF). Read More…

Community Events Government News

Calhoun County Commission Meeting Agenda for June 13

CALHOUN COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGMonday, June 13, 2022 9:00 a.m. AGENDA MEETING ALSO BY ZOOM Meeting #5936021621 Password 1234Participate by Phone:  +13126266799 or +19292056099 (Both Numbers are Toll Free) I. Pledge of Allegiance: II. ​Approve Minutes:  May 16, 2022 III. Delegations/Requests: A. ​ IV. Reports A. E-911, LEPC and OESB. ​AmbulanceC. ​Wood Festival CommitteeD. ​CRIE. ​County ParkG. ​FRNH. ​Home Confinement ReportI. ​Sheriff’s ReportJ. ​Little Kanawha Area Development Corporation V. New Business:A. ​Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department ContractB. ​Request from Pleasant Read More…

Government News

Gov. Justice celebrates opening of WVDNR’s Claudia L. Workman Wildlife Education Center 

ALUM CREEK, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today joined leaders with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Claudia L. Workman Wildlife Education Center. The 9,500-square-foot educational facility, located at the Forks of Coal State Natural Area in Alum Creek, features wildlife displays and nature exhibits that Read More…

Guest Writers

You, Me, the Birds, and Bees

Living among nature, you understand the value of life. In the morning fog, I can still hear her, slowly wading from the island to the tall grasses along the lake’s bank. I know, from past years, the doe has given birth on the island, and somewhere amongst the overgrowth and brush, a fawn hides there, Read More…