WVDE official: Upshur County Schools poised to switch focus from operations to academics

The Upshur County Youth Camp is hiring seasonal workers in Selbyville for the summer season, with openings for kitchen, cleaning, grounds keeping and lifeguard staff. Apply online or in person by May 1.

The Buckhannon-Upshur Recreational Park is hiring lifeguards, admission workers, concession staff and assistant managers for the 2026 season.

Hello, Buckhannon! Catch up on what’s buzzing around Upshur County.

A full-circle moment in Buckhannon: Dr. Joseph Reed, who delivered Dr. Nathaniel Linger at birth, was honored alongside him by the WV Academy of Family Physicians.

Reese Childers, an eighth grader at Shady Spring Middle School in Raleigh County, won West Virginia’s first “I Voted!” sticker contest after nearly 16,000 online votes.

Three men, including a West Virginia ranch manager, were indicted under the Lacey Act for allegedly transporting live deer across state lines without required health certificates and tuberculosis testing.