Dr. John Epling joins staff WVU Medicine Braxton County Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. John Blake Epling, M.D. to the specialty care staff at BCMH. Dr. Epling completed[Read More…]
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Longtime Pageant Director arrested for stealing money
A longtime organizer of beauty pageants in Braxton County has been arrested by State Police for embezzling funds from the events he organized on the pretext of raising money for[Read More…]
Central WV Aging honors Nancy Flint with retirement dinner
Central West WV Aging Services sponsored a retirement dinner for Nancy Flint, an almost 20-year employee of the organization. Elk River Café in Sutton provided the venue for the meal[Read More…]
Legislative Update…By Lori Dittman WV House of Delegates 63rd District
This past week has been full of get togethers with friends and family, wrapping things up at school for the semester, getting ready for the upcoming session, and, of course,[Read More…]
Magistrate Report
Magistrate Beth SmithDecember 21: Rondell Linn Losh, Jr. of Burnsville, intimidating a state witness, warrant issued, bond set at $10,000 cash or surety.December 23: Kirtiss S. Swearingen of Gassaway, failure[Read More…]
Board Holds Final 2023 Meeting
The Braxton County Board of Education held their last meeting of 2023 on December 19.The meeting opened with an update from Davis Elementary. Principal Michelle Winemiller discussed how the school[Read More…]
On to the new year…
Well, Christmas is in the books. All went well at the Given household. I would have to describe it as controlled chaos. All the kids liked their presents. Little Memphis[Read More…]
WVU Extension Services to host Educational Dinner Meeting
WVU Extension will host an educational dinner meeting at the Jane Lew Park Community Building on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Dinner will be at 6:30 pm, with the program to[Read More…]
WV State Lion’s Youth Exchange Student selected
On Saturday, December 2, 2023, the West Virginia Lions Youth Camps and Exchange Committee held interviews at the Gassaway United Methodist Church to select six (6) West Virginia high school[Read More…]
Sobriety Checkpoint planned
The West Virginia State Police – Sutton Detachment in conjunction with the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Thursday, January 4th, 2024. The purpose[Read More…]