Buckhannon Consolidated Public Works Board approves bee swarm trap placements

The Buckhannon Consolidated Public Works Board has approved a request to place bee swarm traps at seven city-owned locations. Ben Arisman, with Awe & Wander Co., attended the Feb. 27 Consolidated Board meeting to request the placement of bee swarm traps in a slew of locations throughout the city. Those locations include the Moore’s Lot,…

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Basketball Bucs eighth this week in WVSACA Poll

Buckhannon-Upshur held steady at No. 8 in this week’s WVSACA Class AAAA boys’ basketball poll, earning 52 points after a 3-1 week. The Bucs beat Elkins, Grafton and Parkersburg, with their lone loss coming to Class AA No. 3 Bluefield at a neutral site.

‘I’ before ‘e’ — except at the spelling bee

Upshur County’s spelling bee came down to a two-person battle after tough words thinned the field early, with the crowd hanging on every letter. Parker Wood sealed his second straight win by nailing “cadre” after a tense back-and-forth battle with Jenna Nguyen.