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…]
Coplin Health Systems names Dr. Darrin Nichols as Chief Medical Officer
WV Press Release Sharing ELIZABETH, W.Va – Coplin Health Systems is pleased to announce the promotion of family physician Darrin Nichols, MD, to Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Nichols will lead[Read More…]
Former W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher dies
WV Press Release SharingCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Larry V. Starcher, a retired Supreme Court Justice andMonongalia County Circuit Judge, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24. He was 80. “Justice Starcher devoted his[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…]