All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

WVDNR announces trout stockings for week of March 8

ELKINS, W.VA. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) stocked the following waters with trout during the week of March 8:
• Anthony Creek
• Bewind Lake
• Big Sandy Creek
• Blackwater River
• Blackwater River (Makeup Stocking)
• Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
• Buffalo Fork Lake
• Bullskin Run
• Caacapon Park Lake
• Castleman Run Lake
• Cherry River
• Chief Cornstalk Lake
• Clear Fork of Tug
• Clover Run
• Coopers Rock Lake
• Cranberry River
• Cranberry River (Makeup Stocking)
• Curtisville Lake
• Dillons Run
• Dog Run Lake
• Dry Fork (McDowell)
• Dry Fork (Tucker)
• Dunloup Creek
• Edwards Run
• East Fork Greenbrier River
• Elk River
• Evitts Run
• Fitzpatrick Lake
• Fort Ashby Reservoir
• French Creek Pond
• Glade Creek of Mann
• Gandy Creek
• Glade Creek of New River
• Glady Fork
• Greenbrier River
• Horseshoe Run
• Huey Lake
• Hurricane Reservoir
• Indian Creek
• James P Bailey Lake
• Jimmy Lewis Lake
• Knapps Creek
• Laurel Creek of New River
• Laurel Fork (Randolph)
• Laurel Fork Holly
• Left Fork Holly
• Little Beaver Lake
• Little Kanawha Headwaters
• Little River East Fork Greenbrier River
• Lost River
• Mason Lake
• Middle Creek (Berkeley)
• Middle Wheeling Lake
• Mill Creek (Berkeley)
• Mill Creek of New River
• Mill Creek South Branch
• New Creek
• New Creek Dam No. 14
• North Fork Cherry River
• North Fork Patterson Creek
• North Fork South Branch
• North River
• Opequon Creek
• Pendleton Lake
• Pennsboro Lake
• Pipestem Park Lake
• Potts Creek
• Rich Creek
• Ridenour Lake
• Right Fork Little Kanawha River
• Rocky Marsh Run
• Seneca Lake
• Shavers Fork (Bemis)
• Shavers Fork (Lower)
• Shavers Fork (Upper Section)
• South Branch (Franklin)
• South Branch (Smoke Hole)
• South Fork Cherry River
• Spruce Knob Lake
• Summersville Tailwaters
• Summit Lake
• Teter Creek Lake
• Thomas Park Lake
• Tracy Lake
• Trout Run
• Turkey Run Lake
• Tygart River Headwaters
• Waites Run
• Watoga Lake
Stocking locations are also published on WVDNR’s website here.

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