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As March brings warmer weather, the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) shifts into high gear for its highway maintenance program. In addition to its annual core maintenance plan designed to extend the life of the Mountain State’s approximately 37,000 miles of roads (patching, ditching, canopy clearing, mowing, and keeping brush at bay), a big Read More…
West Virginia Department of Transportation There will be substantial delays on Calhoun County Route 20, Beech Road, beginning at milepost 5.56, to milepost 10.38, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., beginning on Thursday, November 16, 2023, through Friday, December 15, 2023, for several culvert replacements. Motorists are asked to plan accordingly. Inclement weather or Read More…
NEWS PROVIDED BY West Virginia Department of Transportation Calhoun County Route 16/31, Walker Creek Road, will be closed beginning approximately, 0.71 miles east of the junction of WV 16, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., beginning on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, through Tuesday, November 07, 2023, for maintenance on high pressure Read More…
NEWS PROVIDED BY West Virginia Department of Transportation Calhoun County Route 11, Euclid-Nicut Road, will have minor delays from milepost 0.00, to milepost 5.40, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., beginning on Monday, October 9, 2023, through Monday, October 23, 2023, for a paving project. Flagging personnel will be utilized to main Read More…
It was a win more than 20 years in the making, as West Virginia hosted 11 states in the Southeast Regional Roadeo, on Tuesday, September 26 through Thursday, September 28, 2023. The equipment operators “Roadeo” is a training and safety conference in which leading equipment operators from each state compete on a course designed to Read More…
On Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, Gov. Jim Justice called a special session of the West Virginia Legislature to request $150 million in supplemental funding for the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH). Anticipating the Legislature would approve the budget request, the WVDOH has used a portion of the funding to pay for nearly $60 million Read More…
Mark Rhodes took a dangerous ride after his 2002 F250 Ford truck mechanically malfuntioned (possibly the transfer case or transmission locked up) causing the truck to go out of control and flip completely over on Liberty Hill, Arnoldsburg West Virginia. Deputy C.J. Myers was the investigating officer who charge Rhodes with driving suspended, but nothing Read More…
There was no electricity for about two hours from just South of Grantsville to the Millstone area, as well as small highway branches due to trees falling across power lines near the home of Larry Whited. The downed trees took out one large section of the power lines knocking them into the highway and closing Read More…
