Category: Buckhannon News

Buckhannon’s buzzing as festival week begins.

The 2026 Strawberry Festival is just days away, and organizers say excitement and registrations are at record highs. New entertainment has been added on Main Street and at Jawbone Park, alongside a bigger parade and expanded family fun night.

Buckhannon’s Consolidated Public Works Board voted to reword its worn ‘no smoking’ signs before the Strawberry Festival to feature gentler messaging that focuses on being considerate to others. Smoking and vaping in public areas during the festival have been illegal since 2013.

WVU Medicine’s LUCAS mobile unit will offer low-dose CT lung cancer screenings in Upshur County May 27–29. Appointments are required and should be scheduled at least 14 days in advance for insurance authorization.

Pick up a guitar and join Colonial Arts Center’s Five Dollar Guitar Lesson May 7, 6–7 p.m. Led by Bryce O’Loughlin, the 45-minute, interest-driven session welcomes beginners to intermediate players for a fun, jam-first approach to technique, improvisation, and songwriting.

See what’s on the agenda for the Buckhannon City Council meeting on May 7, 2026. Get a quick look at the items up for discussion and action before the council convenes.

The Fred Brooks Garden Club has named its Strawberry Yard of the Month, honoring Robyn Riggs Simons of 16 Park Street in Buckhannon.

The Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility will host two free drive-up vaccine clinics in May, one in Upshur County and one in Lewis County. Funded by a $20,000 Petco Love grant, the clinics aim to curb canine parvovirus and feline panleukopenia.

A Buckhannon man was arrested on burglary and grand larceny charges after allegedly taking $5,000 from a residence where he was hired to do work.

Buckhannon’s May 4–8, 2026 city calendar includes curbside recycling (May 5), a Waste Collection Board meeting and City Council meeting (May 7), and bulky goods pickup starting May 8—call by May 6 to schedule.