For many of you this is a busy time of year. As a teacher this time of year is full of activities and the push for maximizing learning. For the[Read More…]
The Braxton Democrat
West Virginia’s Fire, EMS Funding Nears Crisis Point
Editor’s Note: Randy James, a second-generation firefighter with over 50 active years of service, recently testified before legislative representatives during interim committee meetings. James, President of the WV Fire Chiefs[Read More…]
VA Medical Center Hosts Information Meeting
By Fernando RodriguezRepresentatives of the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, located in Clarksburg, WV, held a Veteran Town Hall Meeting at the Braxton County Senior Citizens Center on Thursday,[Read More…]
Braxton Magistrate Report
Magistrate Beth SmithApril 5: Carlos Santos Hernandez of Charlotte, NC, speeding, no contest plea, no operators, no contest plea, fines/court costs assessed.April 6: Victor Lee Carpenter, Sr. of Mount Zion,[Read More…]
Legislative Update…By Lori Dittman WV House of Delegates 63rd District
With the school being on spring break, I had the opportunity to tour the Central Regional Jail and spoke with Superintendent Harvey Hawkins, Maggie Ramsey, and other CRJ staff about[Read More…]
BCHS Engineering Students Tour Winfield Locks and Dam
Braxton County High School Instructors Shawn Crow and Dr. Ethan Backus took their engineering class to Winfield Locks & Dam in Huntington on March 30th to spend time looking at[Read More…]
BCMS baseball team placesthird in weekend at Sherman
Team Scores Big Win Ever Doddridge Tuesday Evening By Shirley ShumanThe Knights baseball team has seeing success lately. Last weekend they placed third in a tournament at Wahama, and they[Read More…]
Garden Life Workshop Planned April 22
As the temperatures are warming, buds on fruit trees are swelling, spring flowers are blooming and gardeners are yearning to get out into their gardens. The cure for this year’s[Read More…]
JGC distributes trees tocounty’s 4th grade students
When spring arrives the members of Judy’s Garden Club are preparing and distributing pine tree seedlings for 4th grade students in Braxton County. This event has been a tradition for[Read More…]
Braxton Magistrate Report
Magistrate Beth SmithMarch 31: Vanessa Kelley of Albright, expired MVI, dismissed proof provided.April 3: Benjamin Issac Perkins of Frametown, expired MVI, dismissed proof provided; Madeline Deem of Columbia, SC speeding,[Read More…]