Buckhannon Banter: Get the local lowdown for March 27, 2025

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.

Chef Dale Hawkins of Fish Hawk Acres and bestselling author Sarah Loudin Thomas are teaming up on “Our Appalachian Table: Food That Tells a Story,” blending seasonal Appalachian recipes with short fiction.

Vandalia Health has appointed Diana Landsverk, RN, BSN, MBA, as chief administrative officer of Davis Medical Center after serving as chief nursing officer and system CNO.

Pittsburgh man Ramon Juan Sims Jr., 29, pleaded guilty to a fentanyl distribution conspiracy in North Central West Virginia after police stopped him in Weston with fentanyl and $2,040. A hotel search turned up 3,750 fentanyl stamps; he faces up to 20 years in prison.

A toll collector was taken by EMS to CAMC General after a steel I-beam from a southbound tractor-trailer struck a toll booth on the I-77 Turnpike near mile marker 83.

The Upshur County Commission is seeking qualified applicants for a part-time/fill-in position (16 hours per week) at the Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility. Applications and resumes received by 4:00 pm on June 12, 2026 will be reviewed, though applications may be considered until the position is filled.