City of Buckhannon Planning Commission Agenda: July 18, 2022

RE-PATH West Virginia announced its first grant award—$20,525 from Hope in the Hills, the nonprofit behind the Healing Appalachia festival—to help launch statewide recovery advocacy and collaboration.

Clayton Thyne has been named the inaugural Linda and Don Brodie Dean of WVU’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the university’s largest academic unit, and will begin July 1.

Buckhannon police arrested a man after a traffic stop sparked by reports he was driving on a revoked DUI license. Officers say a K9 alert and items found in the vehicle led to charges including possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy.

The Upshur County Commission approved a proclamation Thursday, April 9, recognizing April 12 through 18 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Upshur County. The observance honors the dispatchers who answer emergency calls and coordinate first responders.

With $12 billion in new projects on the horizon, the WV Building and Construction Trades’ “Forging a Stronger Future” conference in Morgantown urged union labor and apprenticeships to keep pace with a coming construction boom.

UCRC’s 2026 Summer Basketball League is set to be its biggest yet, adding two divisions at WV Wesleyan’s Rockefeller Center: the top-level Bobcat League (no college-player limits) and the Buccaneer League. A new Ladies Basketball Night with Flame 304 also joins the lineup.