Community Bulletin
WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and Buckhannon Upshur Rotary will offer $35 blood screenings by appointment Oct. 10-31 in Buckhannon and Nov. 7 in Rock Cave. Optional tests are available, and participants must fast for 12 hours. Read more →
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Here is the agenda for the City of Buckhannon Colonial Arts Center Board meeting scheduled for May 6, 2025.
Upshur County’s sports calendar for Sept. 28–Oct. 4 lists Buckhannon-Upshur and West Virginia Wesleyan games and meets across eight sports. Highlights include Friday’s home football game against Fairmont Senior and Saturday’s Wheeling–Wesleyan matchup.
Buckhannon-Upshur scored twice on second-half corner kicks to beat Parkersburg South 3-0. The Bucs posted their seventh shutout of the season and extended their unbeaten streak to four matches.
Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School fielded three complete teams at the Forest Festival Jack and Jill Relay Invitational, with its A-Team placing third out of 23 in 39:34.60. Felix Stump ran the meet’s third-fastest leg, while the B- and C-Teams finished eighth and 14th.
Buckhannon-Upshur swept Grafton and Robert C. Byrd in straight sets Thursday, capping a perfect 3-0 week and improving to 15-8. Cora Cottrill led the charge with 14 kills and four blocks against RCB as the Lady Bucs continued their midseason surge.
The latest Buckhannon Banter rounds up events, activities and community updates from around Upshur County and beyond.
West Virginia history from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 includes a severe Kanawha Valley flood, labor activism, landmark institutions and cultural figures. Highlights include the roots of Mother’s Day, rural mail delivery and the creation of Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks.
