After an unannounced utility crew cut into a recently repaved city street, Buckhannon advanced new rules requiring permits, insurance and stronger repair standards for work in city rights-of-way.
USDA Rural Development has locked in a $31.31 million low-interest loan and a $2 million grant for one of Buckhannon’s biggest infrastructure projects ever, a new water treatment plant. The city called the approval a ‘major milestone’ for the $47 million project.
Buckhannon Academy students Lynden Miller and Brandie Warner won first place in their grade levels in the West Virginia Garden Club poetry contest, then took top honors again across the five-state South Atlantic Region.
B-UHS graduation speaker Dawson Tenney told the Class of 2026 that failure isn’t the end of the story — it’s what strengthens those who keep showing up.
Wendling’s Food Service has joined the Buckhannon Rotary Club’s plastic recycling drive, adding about six 900-pound shrink-wrap bales a month. Rotary sells the plastic to Trex to fund inclusive playground equipment for Upshur County, aiming for 40,000 pounds a year.
From incumbent upsets to low turnout, My Buckhannon’s Brian Bergstrom reflects on the May primary election.
Shawn Young was sworn in Thursday as Buckhannon’s newest city council member after leading the May 12 municipal election with 209 votes.
National VFW Auxiliary President Lois Callahan visited Buckhannon’s Gold Star Mothers Rose Garden this week to lay a yellow rose wreath in honor of fallen service members and their families.
Buckhannon boosted its support for the West Virginia Strawberry Festival with a record $50,000 contribution, helping fund a free Main Street concert headlined by Parmalee and expanded entertainment.
Strawberry Festival week brings sweets and shortcake — but online complaints can sour it fast. Before you hit post, ask: is a public rant the right place, and would you say it face to face? Honest feedback helps; public dressing-downs don’t.
