Trunk or Treat set for Oct. 27 at Buckhannon Safety Complex

The Buckhannon Band of Brothers hopes to raise $70,000 to $80,000 through its annual calendar fundraiser for its Help Us Help Kids initiative, aimed at flood victims in Upshur and Lewis counties. You can purchase calendars online through the My Buckhannon store.

West Virginia’s new WV Kinship Hub offers private screening tools to help kinship and foster families assess caregiver, child, health, education and financial needs. Users receive practical next steps and links to community resources without sharing identifying information.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson will deliver a free lecture Oct. 15 at Charleston’s Capitol Theater. The evening begins at 7:30 p.m., with a Q&A and book signing to follow; no reservations are required.

Upshur County’s Hope Scholarship participation rose from 146 to 273 in a year. Superintendent Tim Derico outlined the enrollment changes ahead of the official October 1 count.

West Virginia’s National Hunting and Fishing Day returns to Stonewall Resort State Park on Sept. 19 with family activities, seminars and 40-plus vendors. Admission is $10, free for children 14 and younger, with free parking and shuttles.

Nine West Virginia career technical education teams will build edible crash-test vehicles for the 2026 Culineering Challenge on October 21 in Charleston.