Putnam school finalist for national contest
By Ali Schmitz HURRICANE, W.Va. -- A Putnam County-based school of performing and visual arts is a finalist for a national contest. Arts in Action is one of ten nonprofits selection nationally as...
View ArticlePutnam students complete home for flood victims
By Ali Schmitz From the outside looking in, it appears like students at Putnam Career and Technical Career are creating a normal project. However, for the last five weeks students in multiple programs...
View ArticlePutnam schools discusses cold weather plan
By Staff reports Winfield - Putnam County Board of Education members reviewed the county's cold weather plan at a Board of Education meeting Monday evening. Putnam County Schools Superintendent John...
View ArticleStudents statewide build tiny homes for flood victims
By Ali Schmitz Brenda Rivers has spent the last few months living in a spare bedroom in her daughter's house. Her home, which sat along the Greenbrier River, was destroyed this summer after floods...
View ArticleHurricane residents left without water after main break
By Staff reports HURRICANE -- Hurricane residents were without water for most of Friday, after a significant water main break near the city's water tank on Midland Trail. Mayor Scott Edwards, in a...
View ArticleNitro centennial celebration to honor town's history
By Ali Schmitz As a young mother, Carmen Kostelansky remembers taking her toddler daughter to Nitro's 50th-anniversary celebration to watch a parade and attend a ceremony honoring the city's history....
View ArticleArea businessman pays $2M Gatens-Harding judgment
By Kate White Billie Harding told the congregation of Maranatha Fellowship Church last month her husband's prayers had been answered. During a service at Maranatha on Dec. 11, Chad and Billie Harding,...
View ArticlePutnam County Library display teaches Bill of Rights
HURRICANE - The Putnam County Library is showcasing an exhibit celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. "The Bill of Rights and You," an exhibit created by the National Archives,...
View ArticleGatens-Harding owner fights to keep funeral license
By Kate White A Poca funeral home owner, who a federal judge ordered to pay nearly $3 million for selling and cashing in on pre-need funeral contracts to more than 100 people who weren't actually...
View ArticleHurricane nonprofit providing for health care in rural WV counties
By Ali Schmitz A Hurricane nonprofit is using nearly $1 million in government and private funds to finance a rotating loan fund for health care in 26 rural West Virginia counties. The Center for Rural...
View ArticlePutnam teachers concerned over bus ride to continuing education program
By Ali Schmitz WINFIELD - Some Putnam County teachers have concerns about being told to ride a school bus to an upcoming continuing education workshop. School board member Bruce Knell said during a...
View ArticlePutnam commission votes for Valley Park improvements, new meeting schedule
By Ali Schmitz Putnam County's Valley Park improvement project will move forward as commissioners accepted a bid from Wolf Creek Contracting Company, based in Waterford, Ohio. The project will cost...
View ArticlePutnam car collector sends latest restoration to Russia
By Rick Steelhammer HURRICANE - A 1920 Milburn Light electric car that had been stored in a flooded Philippi outbuilding before Putnam County antique car collector Carroll Hutton bought it during an...
View ArticlePutnam man faces life after no-contest plea in 2015 killing
By Ali Schmitz WINFIELD - A man accused of killing a woman in Hurricane pleaded no contest to a first-degree murder charge Tuesday in Putnam Circuit Court. Phillip Casto, 33, is accused of killing...
View ArticlePutnam school board proud of how reported threat handled at Hurricane High
By Ali Schmitz Winfield - Putnam County Board of Education members say they are proud of how the school district handled a potential threat to Hurricane High School last week. Superintendent John...
View ArticleThree injured after ambulance crash
An ambulance veered off the road in Teays Valley Tuesday afternoon, causing injuries for those on board. The crash happened on W.Va. 34 near the intersection of U.S. 35 in Putnam County. According to...
View ArticleDeputies say Poca teen had meth at school
By Staff reports A Putnam County teen was arrested Thursday after being accused of having meth at Poca High School. Jacob McComas, 18, was charged with possession of crystal meth with intent to...
View ArticlePutnam commissioners sign off on Valley Park improvements
By Staff reports Winfield - Putnam County commissioners signed a contract Thursday to move forward with the first phase of the Valley Park improvement project. The project will be completed by Wolf...
View ArticleAdults, teens with special needs given a 'Night to Shine'
By Ali Schmitz For one night in February, adults and teens with special needs will get the red carpet treatment and their very own prom at a Scott Depot church. Church at the Depot will be the only...
View ArticlePotential mobile home park causes concerns near Nitro
By Ali Schmitz Dorothy Harrison and Larry Priddy have spent almost four decades living along the same street in Hulbert Heights, an unincorporated neighborhood outside of Nitro. They say their...
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