Glenville State College student and Braxton County resident Chloe Richardson has received the Lyndsee Gay Natural Resource Management Scholarship through the College’s Department of Land Resources.Richardson, from Strange Creek, is[Read More…]
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Commission hires new Drug Testing Services coordinator
Two actions at last Friday’s regular meeting of the Braxton County Commission resulted in the hiring of a new coordinator for the Braxton County Drug Testing Services program.The first act,[Read More…]
Braxton County Airport to receive $110,000 grant
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced last week that $8,706,711 from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for projects at[Read More…]
Braxton teen honored for heroic action in saving neighbor State Fire Marshal, others recognize Tyler Baldwin
In front of his high school peers, friends, and family, Tyler Baldwin was recognized on Wednesday, December 15 for his heroic efforts of pulling his elderly neighbor from a house[Read More…]
Martha Dean named to fill vacant Board of Ed seat
The Braxton County Board of Education held a work session and a special meeting this past week in order to discuss and later fill the vacancy left by Vice President[Read More…]
Obituaries
Argil Earl Shaver, 81, of Flatwoods, WV passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at home surrounded by his family after a battle with dementia and congestive heart failure.He was[Read More…]
Magistrates Report
Magistrate Beth SmithDecember 3: Aden A. Yoder of Sugarcreek, OH, killing deer less than 14 inches outside spread, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed and paid; Kel Oliver Christianson of[Read More…]
Braxton County 4-H Members Participate in Livestock Quiz Bowl
Ten Braxton County 4-H members recently participated in the WV 4-H/FFA Livestock Quiz Bowl at the Mountaineer Cattlemen’s College at Canaan Valley Resort. One junior level and one senior level[Read More…]
Tree Service called in by West Virginia
District VII Roads to clear hazardous trees
in Braxton County and Lewis Counties
“We all know about the high winds we have had recently this December, said Robert Chumney of Hettie Road in Braxton County, and at the top of Green Hill Road[Read More…]
I-79 accident claims Florida man
A collision between a tractor-trailer truck and a passenger vehicle near Burnsville claimed the life of a Florida man. The accident occurred on December 8 at approximately 7:50 a.m. near[Read More…]