Community Bulletin
The Healthy Grandfamilies program returns to Upshur County on June 16, and this year it is expanding to include relative and kinship caregivers alongside the grandparents it has traditionally served. Read more →
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BUCKHANNON — The Upshur County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is encouraging all residents and visitors to the area to sign up for the county’s emergency notification alerting system — especially during the 80th annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival.
Important public service information, including traffic and weather-related details, will be shared via the Wireless Emergency Notification System, or WENS. To sign up, simply text UpshurCoWVAlerts to 69310 or visit http://entry.inspironlogistics.com/upshur_wv/wens.cfm.
Messages can be issued via landline or wireless phone, text messaging, email, TDD/TTY and social media when an urgent county alert needs to be communicated. Anyone with questions may reach the DHSEM Office by emailing dhsem@upshurcounty.org or calling 304-472-4983.
The 80th annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival takes place May 14-22 and more information can be found here.
