Read away those winter, pandemic blues with the Upshur County Library’s book club, find out about eBooks and more
TENNERTON – Was one of your New Year’s Resolutions this year to read more books? Is the cold weather or the climbing cases of COVID-19 in the area keeping you closer to home these days and hindering your reading? Paul Norko, director of the Upshur County Public Library, and his staff have devised lots of […]
Gov. Justice: All eyes on West Virginia as 100 percent of vaccines received to date in arms or scheduled to be administered
CHARLESTON — During his Monday press briefing, Gov. Justice reported that West Virginia continues to lead the nation in the rate of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration. As of Monday, 92,070 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccines and 13,469 second doses have been administered, totaling 105,539 doses distributed statewide. Gov. Justice announced that 100% of the […]
Create Buckhannon announces how to sign up, topics for Upshur County Leadership Academy
Editor’s note: The following is a press release sent out by the Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce on behalf of Create Buckhannon. BUCKHANNON — Welcome to Create Buckhannon’s 2021 Leadership Academy. Learn how Buckhannon and Upshur County government and organizations work. Become an active part of the community. The program starts February 10th and will continue […]
Upshur County Grand Jury returns 31 indictments in January term
BUCKHANNON – A Virginia man who allegedly admitted to shooting another man in the leg in December but reportedly lied to police about his identity was indicted Monday in Upshur County Circuit Court. Lavar Anthony O’Neal, 39, of Newport News, Virginia, gave Upshur County Sheriff’s deputies a different name after being arrested on a malicious […]
Lewis County man among 12 COVID-19 deaths reported Monday
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday that 1,070 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State. Locally, new cases were reported in Upshur (7), Lewis (4), Randolph (49) and Webster (1) counties. The DHHR also removed another roughly 50 cases from Barbour County, which had reported more […]