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RECORD-BREAKING FISH BOTH CAUGHT AT SOUTH MILL CREEK LAKE IN GRANT COUNTY. ROMNEY, W.Va. — A year after breaking the record for the largest channel catfish caught in West Virginia, Allen Burkett of Moorefield has done it again. Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources today announced the record-breaking catch, which weighed in Read More…
A great week of Tent Meeting has been held at the Calhoun County Park with the closing service tonight. Pastor David “Mike” Kerby, of Shinnston, WV, former Calhoun Countian, returned home to hold the tent meeting in hopes of stirring up the community spiritually and bringing a touch of nostalgia back home. That’s really the Read More…
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the current West Virginia State Chief Information Officer, Josh Spence, will transition to a role in the private sector, effective July 28, 2023. “Please join me in wishing Josh all the best in the next chapter of his career,” Gov. Justice said. “Josh is a superstar who’s not only served Read More…
Calhoun County was one of eighteen school districts in West Virginia that participated in a pilot program with the GreenPower Motor Company’s Electric buses. The study was done to determine how buses performed in the mountainous areas of West Virginia and the varying weather conditions. Where the average cost of diesel fuel for a bus Read More…
Shari Johnson, Publisher A trip down any country road in Calhoun County could lead you to an adventure of various sorts, but one of my favorites is the discovery of new folks that add to the story of why West Virginia is one of the greatest places to live. I met Marc Siduit and his Read More…
Wirt County led the state in new business growth for the month; Secretary of State Mac Warner Reports 841 New WV Business Registrations for June of 2023 Charleston, W. Va. – The WV Secretary of State’s Office registered 841 new businesses statewide during the month of June according to Secretary of State Mac Warner. Wirt County led the Read More…
An observant citizen in Calhoun driving up Russet Road, on the evening of Thursday, June 29th, 2023, noticed a Toyota, Tacoma with a trailer and several pieces of lawn equipment in the back of the truck, about 4 miles east of Grantsville. Noticing it again on Friday, and wondering why a truck with that type Read More…
DATA COLLECTED DURING ONLINE SURVEY WILL HELP THE WVDNR BETTER MANAGE RIVER OTTER POPULATIONS ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA. June 27, 2023 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced today the start of a new citizen science project to identify the distribution of river otters across the state and is asking members of Read More…
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that West Virginia’s cumulative revenue collections for Fiscal Year 2023 will come in at $1.8 billion over estimate – shattering the all-time record for biggest single-year revenue surplus in state history for the second straight year in a row. “This is an unbelievable accomplishment, and is undeniable proof that the Read More…
JUNE 26, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced $1,210,800,969.85 in federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). This funding was allocated based on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadband coverage maps that Senator Manchin has been challenging Read More…