B-UMS Cheer Squad secures first place at Best in the Nest Cheer Competition

A Buckhannon man was arrested on a felony charge after he was allegedly driving on a license that had been revoked for DUI.

West Virginia OEMS Director Joseph “Jody” Ratliff has been named the state’s voting delegate to the national EMS Compact, serving on the Interstate Commission to help standardize emergency care and ease cross-state EMS practice.

Buckhannon will pave Wood Street on Wednesday, June 10, and mill and pave Camden Avenue June 11-12 between South Florida Street and Marion Street. No parking will be allowed in work zones, with weather make-up days set for the following Monday and Tuesday.

Bear Contracting won a $925,047 state contract to widen Route 20 and extend the left-turn lane at the West Main/Locust Street intersection near the Upshur County Courthouse in Buckhannon.

West Virginia DNR announced seven winners of the 2026 Gold Rush giveaway, an annual event celebrating golden rainbow trout and family fishing. The agency stocked 50,000 trout statewide, including 100 tagged fish that qualified anglers for prize drawings.

WVDEP celebrated early wins from the Richard Mine Treatment Plant, launched in April 2024 to treat acid mine drainage that has harmed Deckers Creek for decades.