Buckhannon Banter: Get the local lowdown for February 13, 2025

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.

WVU School of Medicine is being recognized as a national model for training future physicians in evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine to better prevent and treat chronic disease.

A state champion wrestler and B-U basketball star are this week’s Hank Ellis All-Stars.