All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

WVDNR shares trout stocking locations since Feb. 1

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The following waters were stocked the weeks of Jan. 31 and Feb. 7. Updates are posted online at wvdnr.gov/fish-stocking.

Week of Jan. 31:
• Anderson Lake
• Anthony Creek
• Bear Rocks Lake
• Berwind Lake
• Buffalo Creek (Clay)
• Buffalo Creek (Logan)
• Cacapon Park Lake
• Cherry River
• Dillons Run
• Dry Fork (McDowell)
• Dry Fork (Randolph)
• Edward Run Pond
• Elk River
• Elk River (C&R)
• Fitzpatrick Lake
• Fort Ashby Reservoir
• Howards Creek
• Indian Creek
• Indian Rocks Lake
• Jimmy Lewis Lake
• Kimsey Run Lake
• Knapps Creek
• Little Beaver Lake
• Lost River
• Mill Creek of South Branch
• Moores Run
• Mountwood Park Lake
• New Creek
• North Bend Tailwaters
• North Fork Patterson Creek
• North Fork South Branch
• North Fork South Branch (C&R)
• North River
• Opequon Creek
• Pipestem Lake
• Poorhouse Pond
• Potts Creek
• Rich Creek
• Ridenour Lake
• Rockhouse Lake
• Rocky Marsh Run
• South Mill Creek Lake
• Spruce Laurel Fork
• Summersville Tailwaters
• Tilhance Creek
• Trout Run
• Tuckahoe Lake
• Tuscarora Creek
• Tygart Lake Tailwaters
• Waites Run
• Wallback Lake
• Warden Lake
• Wheeling Creek

Week of Feb. 7:
• Big Sandy Creek
• Blackwater River (Camp 70 Road)
• Buckhannon River
• Burnsville Tailwaters
• Camp Creek
• Clear Fork of Guyandotte River
• Clover Run
• Conaway Run Lake
• Coopers Rock Lake
• Deegan Lake
• Dog Run Lake
• East River
• French Creek Pond
• Glade Creek of New River
• Glady Fork
• Greenbrier River (Marlinton section)
• Guyandotte River
• Hills Creek
• Hinkle Lake
• Horseshoe Run
• Kings Creek
• Laurel Creek (Fayette)
• Laurel Fork of Holly River
• Left Fork Holly River
• Left Fork of Right Fork Buckhannon River
• Little Kanawha Headwaters
• Marsh Fork
• Mash Fork
• Mash Fork of Camp Creek (Children & Class Q)
• Mill Creek (Fayette)
• Mill Creek Reservoir
• New Creek Dam No. 14
• North Fork Lunice
• North Fork Potomac River (Jennings Randolph Tailwaters)
• Paint Creek
• Panther Creek
• Paw Paw Creek
• Pendleton Lake
• Pinnacle Creek
• Pond Fork
• R.D. Bailey Tailwaters
• Red Creek
• Rhine Creek
• Right Fork Buckhannon River
• Right Fork Little Kanawha River
• Shavers Fork (Bemis)
• Shavers Fork (lower section)
• South Branch (Franklin)
• South Branch (Smoke Hole)
• Stonewall Jackson Tailwaters
• Sutton Tailwaters
• Teter Creek Lake
• Thomas Park Lake
• Tomlinson Run
• Tomlinson Run Lake
• Tygart Valley River Headwaters
• Watoga Lake
• Whiteday Creek

While fishing for trout in West Virginia, all anglers 15 and older are required to have a West Virginia fishing license, trout stamp and valid form of identification. Anglers are also encouraged to explore places to fish in the interactive fishing map available online at mapwv.gov/huntfish.

To learn more about West Virginia’s fishing regulations and to purchase fishing license and trout stamps, visit WVdnr.gov.

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