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Richardson was an early contributor to the Hur Herald, stories from everyday events with turtles to reporting on the "Storm of a Century," the devastating ice storm of 2003. In a writing style that pulls readers into his accounts of forests, wildlife, plants and creation, having kept a diary for about 50 years. Perhaps driven by his ...
Glenville, WV - Headlines flashed across local newspapers including The Glenville Democrat and the college's own newspaper, The Glenville Mercury, which boasted that it was the 'official publication of Glenville State Teachers College.' Amelia Earhart was one of the most famous women of her time. She visited what is today Glenville State ...APPLE FARM: LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, THEY WERE THERE - Recollections Of Calhoun Life. (12/10/2023) By Sheila Nichols Meadows. Although I was born in Spencer, West Virginia in 1949, my father Oral Nichols, my mother Lucy Oval, and eight of us nine children moved to Apple Farm, or Rush Run as we sometimes called it.04-26-2024. STRANGE MUSHROOMS SPOTTED ALONG WEST FORK - "Observed By Keen Backwoods Eye". 04-26-2024. LOST CEMETERY RE-DISCOVERED NEAR EGYPT RIDGE - 30 Repose In Backwoods, Above West Fork Little Kanawha River. 04-26-2024. SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Calhoun's Godlight, Green Hills Closing Tighter. 04-26-2024.HISTORIC HOSEY HOUSE GOES DOWN IN FLAMES (04/15/2022) 2021 - The historic Hosey house at 1577 Big Root was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning.
WV in this 1952 image. B&O Ten-Wheeler #2026 leads a coach and mixed manifest bound for the Roane County seat. Photos courtesy of www.wvncrails.org. By Bob Weaver. ... As a young person, in the Village of Hur, I could hear its Spencer train whistle if the air was just right, contributing to the fascination of steam engines that stretched across ...
CHS CLASS OF 1958 - Still Connected After All These Years. Bill Downs, a speaker at the alumni event at Calhoun Middle-High School, remembers the "aura of the school," with schools and churches being the center of the world for young people, connected to the structure, teachers and mentors and to each other. Much has changed with 21st Century ...Conley, known as the "Quantrel of West Virginia," led the outlaw wing of the infamous Moccasin Rangers. Riding with Conley was the lady guerrilla, Nancy Hart, a woman who could outride and outshoot any man. James Rogers organized a home guard in Booger Hole. Rogers and a neighbor Soloman Carpenter were patrolling the holler one night when they ...
WV KNIFE AND GUN CLUB - Kanawha Man Murdered, 25 Shots Fired; Robber Kills Wyoming Co. Bus Driver (02/16/2013) KANAWHA CO. MURDER - A man is dead and his long-time friend has been charged in his murder after a shooting in Rand Thursday.Oil and gas businessman Alvin Engleke, told The Hur Herald many of the new leases being signed in Calhoun and the area do not have free gas rights. "Royalty holders need to proceed with extreme caution before signing with these companies," he said. While Columbia Energy, drillers of most of the Roane County wells, has said they are not ...After six quarters of losses, Meta stock is enjoying a spectacular rebound after CEO Mark Zuckerberg heralded what he calls the "year of efficiency". Jump to Facebook parent Meta P...Just such a route, eight rugged miles long, connects the tiny towns of Chloe and Elmira in the hills of central West Virginia. There 60-year-old J.B. Vaughan, astride his pinto horse, Pat, delivers mail six days a week to about 200 hill folk. Contractors Operate "Star" Routes. Burt, as he likes to be called, is not a regular postal employee.Hur Herald - Local News Calhoun County West Virginia. Calhoun County Park is a pristine jewel in the center of the county, a project that has been developed over about four decades for local and regional folks and their children. All reactions: 22. 1 share. Like. Comment.
GRADUATE LIST FOR CALHOUN HIGH CLASS OF 2020 - 85 Graduates. (06/26/2020) Atlanta Sanada Adkins, Brandee Jean Allen, Jarrett Stewart Allen, Mason Allen Bailey, Cole Foster Bell, Mason Cole Bennett, Claire Elise Boggs, Connor Dean Boggs, Eden Grace Boggs, Stephanie Ann Bradley, Nicholas Duane Bush.
The Little Kanawha River winds through a six counties in West Virginia, connected to an early history of settlements and commercial development when river travel prevailed. The oil and gas industry owes much of its development in West Virginia to the Little Kanawha River. "The river ranges through some of the most rural countryside in West ...
FORMER SPENCER RADIO BROADCASTER CHARLES MARLOWE -2016 Inductee WV Radio Hall Of Fame (09/20/2016) Membership in the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame is growing by eight, with former Spencer radioman Charles Marlow being added in 2016. Locally, he was known as "Charlie Ray."Elijah and Missouri Arnold Siers are the last two in the front row. Mr. Elijah M. Siers was born in Monroe County, Virginia, (now WV) a son of John and Rutha Siers, on March 25, 1841. In 1847 the family moved to Braxton County on the headwaters of the Left Hand Ford of the West Fork (Siers Run), where Mr. Siers spent his boyhood and early young ...3/4/2018 6:35 PM - Minnie Hamilton Health System reported that a man walked into the emergency room Sunday with a gunshot wound to the head. Calhoun 911 dispatched a State Trooper to the hospital at 6:35 p.m. to investigate. The gunshot victim was reportedly shot by a man, who fled the scene in a Red Jeep.Hot weather and sunny skies graced the 10th annual Appalachian Classic Bike Race at Calhoun County Park this weekend, with the highlight being yesterday's WVMBA 7th Point Series Race for 2006. The mountain bike racers pedaled across the fields, up and down the rustic trails, through mud holes and down steep hillsides. Experts raced 21.6 miles ...Ridgeview News is a self funded and self marketed News organization. There are no Papers to sell or Subscriptions to buy, But for all intensive purposes it is a daily source of information that is provided without cost to interested parties of Calhoun County, the Region and West Virginia. It is the ”People’s Paper.”
The devastating flooding resulted in 47 fatalities and caused an estimated 580 million dollars worth of damage. Over 3,500 homes and 180 businesses were destroyed. Towns that were hardest hit were Rowlesburg, Glenville, Marlinton, while Pendelton and Grant counties saw the largest loss of life. It remains also one of the costliest and deadliest ...Dille, West Virginia, was also a company town and there was a company store there. Long since closed, J. O. Dodrill was the manager for many years. ... Given in July of 1997, and is reprinted in the Hur Herald with her permission. Although her roots are in Widen and Dille, she now resides in Frametown, Braxton County, West Virginia where she ...It is adjacent to the Bear Fork Wilderness, the Nicholas' being early comers to the Calhoun woods by 1820, with at least two cemeteries on the creek holding the oldtimers. Bear Run, from the 1800s on, was habitated mostly by the same families, Nicholas, Cottrell, King and Parsons. The early comers, Leven Nicholas (1756) and Zephhiah Nicholas ...Emma Metz 1923-2009, a one-of-a-kind. spirit that graced the Calhoun backwoods. A service was held on Memorial Day 2010 for Emma Parsons Metz near her property on the right fork of Crummies Creek. Metz died in December 2009 at age 87 in the middle of a winter storm, which prevented having a funeral service. Relatives and neighbors …GRADUATE LIST FOR CALHOUN HIGH CLASS OF 2020 - 85 Graduates. (06/26/2020) Atlanta Sanada Adkins, Brandee Jean Allen, Jarrett Stewart Allen, Mason Allen Bailey, Cole Foster Bell, Mason Cole Bennett, Claire Elise Boggs, Connor Dean Boggs, Eden Grace Boggs, Stephanie Ann Bradley, Nicholas Duane Bush.CALHOUN'S EARLY GRIST MILLS - A Grist Mill List. (03/09/2024) Nearly every small community had a grist mill, essential to grinding grain into flour, meal, and animal feed. Many of the Calhoun grists were associated with country stores, although some operated from family barns and sheds. Witt Flour Mill at Minnora Early 1900's.
THE HUR-PINE CREEK NEWS - A Fight At Hur Over Hay: 11-04-2022: BEAUTIFUL RED TAIL HAWK SPOTTED AT NOBE: 11-04-2022: BOY GOT HIS STRIDE IN SMALL TOWN SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA - Panoz Launched Multi-Million Dollar Career, One Of America's Outstanding Entrepreneurs : 11-04-2022: DANIELS RUN NEWS 1922 - New Stony Point Church To Be Erected, George ...
SCABS, GINNEY WINKS AND GREASED BREAD - Widen Mine Wars Recalled. (04/12/2024) The Widen strike of 1952 brought change. to the coalfields, but not without a price. The Widen coal mines were located in one. of the most remote places in Clay County. Editor's Note: The 1952 Widen strike was a turn-around for miners who were locked into servitude ...WV'S OLDEST FLYING PILOT - Arnoldsburg's Captain Ford Rogers Died At 87. (03/09/2024) Rogers displays one of his many flying machines. 2012. An Arnoldsburg man who was recognized by the state's governor as being the oldest flying pilot in West Virginia has died. Captain Ford Rogers, who owned and operated Rogers Used Cars and Trucks for 47 ...In 2020, here were 9,300 fewer students in West Virginia this school year than last and the decrease could cost the public education system nearly $43 million in state funding. Calhoun, now with a low student population of 862 (2020), a near record loss of 101 students.TOP 2016 HUR HERALD CALHOUN NEWS STORIES. 12-31-2017. UPDATE: MAN SOUGHT IN PARKERSBURG MURDER CASE ARRESTED - McCoy Charged In Roane Cat Killing Satanic Ritual In 2007. 12-31-2017. CALHOUN'S CABOT RECYCLING RECEIVES $149,000 GRANT FOR IMPROVEMENTS.Joyce Ann Wright Byrd, of Parkersburg, WV, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Marietta Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Calhoun County, WV, to Lida and Guy Wright. Joyce attended Parkersburg Beauty College and later retired from Nashua Photo as a quality inspector. She enjoyed playing bingo, cooking ...A native Calhounian, he graduated from CCHS in 1974 and Glenville State in 1977. He has been employed by Workforce West Virginia in Charleston for almost 27 years and is married to middle school teacher Betty Westfall. He is now an administrator at the WV-DHHR office in Grantsville. They have a son, Derek, and "the joy of our life, our ...In today’s fast-paced world, staying informed and engaged is more important than ever. With a Herald Tribune subscription, you can access the latest news, analysis, and insights fr...CALHOUN CIRCUIT COURT PROCESSES CASES. (08/05/2020) Judge Anita Harold Ashley held Circuit Court in Calhoun County on July 30, 2020, according to Prosecutor Shannon Johnson. Deandre Brownridge appeared for Arraignment. His case was set for a pre-trial hearing on October 8, 2020 and for Trial on December 15, 2020.internet service down - hur herald updates delayed: 05-01-2010: wv knife and gun club: 05-01-2010: arnoldsburg school students learn about african culture: 05-01-2010: county 4-h members participate in horse judging contest: 05-01-2010: majority leader brent boggs to give keynote address at gsc commencement: 05-01-2010: mcdonald dies in dirt ...Virginia A. Paxton, 87, of Gandeeville, West Virginia, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at the Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston. She was born June 3, 1928, at Gandeeville, a daughter of the late Howard Early and Goldie Faye Morrison Riley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Wesley Paxton, August 6, …
Old company houses are privately owned. Houses were all painted red and white and once rented for $4-$6. Widen was once a prosperous mining town of 2,500 people and 500 houses in 1925, whose life continued into the 1960's, barely surviving one of West Virginia's violent coal strikes.
Calhoun County West Virginia News - Hur Herald Neat little website with a nice archive of old photos and news from 1880 forward, and current news as well. Direct link to the photo archives: Hur Herald Grantsville suffered a major fire in 1966: Hur Herald Some of the old news stories are a bit comedic, others quite sad, some can be both. Hur Herald
ORIGINAL STORY 11/04/2020 - West Virginia State Police said they located a suspect vehicle in a shooting in Clay County. Troopers said a man was shot in the chest. No condition was immediately available. Dispatchers with 911 said the incident occurred in the Wallback area. The call came in about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.A long view from Hur of Rattlesnake Knob the highest peak in the distance The road leading to Rattlesnake Ridge, with at least three families living on the remote stretch. A view from the ridge toward Ritchie County By Bob Weaver. Rattlesnake Knob is a 1310' peak between Joker and Ace Haney Hill at the head of Little Creek.The Hur Herald reported a call for help was initiated by 16-year-old Ronnie Rush, who had been staying at the dwelling. ... Rush, following several years in court, was found guilty of the murders, but the case was reversed by the WV Supreme Court, but Rush later entered into a plea deal which sent him to prison for 30 years.MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT BERNARD BELL: HEROES LIFE RECALLED BY SISTER - "My Heart Is In West Virginia" (11/07/2023) ... She told The Hur Herald "My heart is in West Virginia." Lorena just turned 86. "I was born on Hog Knob," she said. Celebrating her birthday, she said "I went to see the Mothman Prophecies movie, because it took place in Pt ...By Bob Weaver. An enterprising businessman attempted to move Calhoun into 20th Century with accommodations for travelers, post World War II, building a motel just west of Grantsville along Route 5. William (Bill) and Jean Stalnaker had the motel built in the 1960s and owned and operated it until it was sold to Fred Basnett of Annamoriah.Please keep your personal cats indoors or put a collar on them on Thursday the 14th. If you have any questions, please call Linda at 304-354-7506. Partial funding for Trap-Neuter-Return is provided by The Oakland Foundation, The Bernard McDonough Foundation, and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. ~~~~~Published 2003. During most of the 20th Century, Arnoldsburg has been the second biggest community in the county. It was named for the Arnold family, with many of the descendants still living up and down the West Fork of the Little Kanawha. Arnoldsburg began about 1810 with the counties first permanent settler living a few miles downstream from ...By Bob Weaver 2022. Calhoun native Timothy W. Hall, 83, has died in Lakeland, Florida. Born at Sand Ridge, he was the son of Calhoun teachers Kenneth and Martha Hall, he graduated from Calhoun County High School in 1957. Tim was the first music aficionado I met, collected jazz records in the 1950s, jazz being certainly beyond my pale.There are 517 matches for the year 2018:. Date Published: Article: 12-31-2018: Carolyn J. Friend, 84, of Georgia, formerly of ParkersburgJESSE JAMES ROBBED WEST VIRGINIA BANK - Legends Link Outlaw To Region, "All Bad People Came To Bear Fork" (10/16/2023) By Bob Weaver. ... On her 86th birthday, Ruby Kyer Burkhimer returned from Ohio to her Bear Fork wilderness home, telling the Hur Herald, "They were always telling tales about Jesse James killing people in Bear Fork, but there ...Hur Herald - Obituary for
By Bob Weaver. Republished from August 2003. Long before wanderlust was given names, Calhouner Charley Booher was traveling to Key West in a 1928 Model A Ford, exploring the back roads of America on motor bikes or flying over the rugged mountains in single-engine airplanes. Charley, who turned 90 this week, has long been a free spirit to see ... By Bob Weaver 2016. The Spencer Livestock Exchange is standing empty, suffering from its' final closure a few years ago, a reminder of days gone by when Calhoun and Roane County farmers brought their stock to the location to be sold. The coming of the B&O Railway to Spencer before 1900 put Spencer on the map as a center of commerce, and ...The area traversed by WV 5 is best known for the Annamoriah Flats, a pastoral area of meadows and fields, and the historic Annamoriah Ferry. Annamoriah had a post office 1893-1988. Word was received here early Friday morning that the Annamoriah postoffice, conducted by W.R. Bell, had been broken into and robbed by unknown parties Thursday night.Instagram:https://instagram. menards barn paintfinger monkey price usadunlap supercenter222 e javelina mesa One-room schools were the bedrock of education in West Virginia since the late 1800s through the early part of the 20th century. At one time over 100 one room schools in county. They recall an intimate teacher-pupil relationship, with a single teacher for grades one through eight. Saturday, Calhoun's last standing community school reunion had a ... second chance apartment findersmclaren northern michigan patient portal Mary Josephine Bryant Daugherty, 88, of Elizabeth. Mary Josephine Bryant Daugherty, 88, of Elizabeth WV, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2021. She was born in Chapel WV, to the late Letha M. (Nicholas) and Worthy G. Perkins. Mary was an avid Wirt County sports fan and an avid reader of mysteries. She was a member of the VFW Womenâ s Auxiliary.Please keep your personal cats indoors or put a collar on them on Thursday the 14th. If you have any questions, please call Linda at 304-354-7506. Partial funding for Trap-Neuter-Return is provided by The Oakland Foundation, The Bernard McDonough Foundation, and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. ~~~~~ hsn hostess We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The Herald has captured the life and times of our county and region since being on-line since 1999, and even before with hard-copies since 1996, day after day. We didn't miss much. For us, it has been a labor of love. Hur Herald News Photos 2005. Christopher Cox being taken to Grantsville arraignment.