Denzil BrownDenzil Brown, 78 of Rock Cave, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at his home. He was born April 10, 1944 in Braxton County to the late Glenna[Read More…]
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Christmas in the rearview…
Christmas is now in the rearview mirror, and we can look forward to what 2023 might bring. As usual, Christmas was a big deal at the Given household. On Thursday[Read More…]
BCHS will host girls’ Holiday Tournament
By Shirley Shuman Braxton will host a four-team girls’ basketball tournament Wednesday and Thursday in the Armory. On Wednesday, Pocahontas and Greenbrier West will play at 2 p.m. At 4[Read More…]
Christmas Bonanza winners announced
The final task before the Citizens’ News/Braxton Democrat-Central staff, began their Christmas holiday, was the selection of the winners of the annual Christmas Bonanza contest. Thanks to the generosity and[Read More…]
Board of Ed wraps up 2022
The Braxton County Board of Education conducted their last meeting of 2022 on December 20. Superintendent Dr. Rhonda Combs gave a brief update on professional learning. She told the Board[Read More…]
Local woman enjoys a unique vocation for WV women
By Shirley Shuman Drina Kearns has, in her own words, “never been one to back down or shy away [from anything].” That attitude has led to her current vocation as[Read More…]
Weyerhaeuser supports Burnsville VFD
Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kenneth Summers and Assistant Chief Brandon Dean recently received a $5,000 grant award from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund for their Fire Department. These funds will[Read More…]
Rotary says Merry Xmas to WVU’s BCMH Lab Staff
The Braxton County Rotary Club made Christmas a little brighter for the laboratory staff of WVU Medicine’s Braxton County Memorial Hospital. On Wednesday, local Rotarians delivered a new refrigerator for[Read More…]
Joseph Shaw Retires After 21 Years of Military Service
Joseph J. Shaw retired May 27, 2022 after 13 years of government service which followed 14 years of maintenance support at United States Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) from[Read More…]
Braxton Magistrate Report
Magistrate David SingletonDecember 14: Grant S. Sizemore of Hurricane, expired MVI, dismissed proof provided; Matthew Todd McKinney of Gassaway, possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy, preliminary hearing waived, transferred to[Read More…]