At their regular scheduled meeting on October 15 the Parsons city council gave approval to obtain financing for the purchase of the former Tucker County Logging property, located in the Bretz community on Route 219. This property will be put to use as the new city maintenance garage. Financing for the...
Heather Niday Allegheny Mountain Radio Just before 1:30 p.m. Friday, October 11, an H&H Fisher logging truck driven by Danny Lee Kimble, age 38 of Bartow, collided with the Cheat Mountain Salamander passenger train at the Cheat Mountain Bridge on Rt 250 in southern Randolph County. The fully loaded...
U.S. Forest Service and The West Virginia State Police assisted at the logging accident A logging accident on Location Road resulted in the death of William Paul Skinner, 59, of Horner. According to a report released by the Parsons Detachment of the West Virginia State Police, on Tuesday, Oct. 8...
Hambleton resident and West Virginia University freshman, Danielle Wilfong, receives Sheriff’s Association Scholarship Danielle Wilfong from Hambleton was one of five students in the state to receive a $1,000 scholarship from the West Virginia Sheriff’s Association. The award is presented to students who are majoring in Criminology. Tucker County Sheriff, B.K....
A full agenda awaited the Tucker County Commissioners at their regular meeting held on October 9, in the Tucker County Courthouse Courtroom. Items to be decided or discussed included funding requests, letter of support, board appointments, hiring, and annual and employee reports. As always the meeting opened with prayer...
The scenery changed dramatically and quickly, for a local woman as she was enjoying a fall excursion ride on the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The Cheat Mountain Salamander excursion is an 88 - mile journey that climbs in excess of 4,000 feet as it travels along the Cheat River...
The gate at the entrance to the Nursery Bottom’s Forest Service’s Cheat Ranger offices is closed and a sign was hung stating the offices are closed until Congress restores funding. Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge's facebook page says "Due to a lapse of government funding, this account will not be...
Former Tucker County resident, Bill Shahan Former St. George resident, William Shahan, is going to be fighting in the “King of the Coalfields 9”. The West Virginia State Heavyweight Championship will be held on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Madison, WV. Shahan, a 1997 graduate of Tucker County...
Staff and students accepting grant check from Gutshall of Parsons State Farm. Tucker County High School recently received a large grant check from the 2013 State Farm Youth Advisory Board. A ceremonial check was presented to the school by local State Farm Representative Bob Gutshall and Public Affairs Specialist...
Evan Fridley, Jakob Pifer, Dakota Eye, David Nelson, Ryan Myers, Andrew Hebb and Billy Plum of Tucker County High School Vocational School’s Collision Repair class recently undertook the task of repainting the 105 Howitzer for the Tucker County Veterans Association. Dave Nelson is the instructor.
A Tucker County Grand Jury indicited four individuals in Circuit Court on Oct. 1. Judge Lynn Nelson handed down the following indictments. • Renee M. Fansler of Hambleton, was charged with seven counts of Fraudulant use of an access device. An EBT (food stamp) card belonging to Amber Burns was used one time...
Parsons City Council began a new streamlined meeting format on Tuesday, Oct. 1, that now has committee chairpersons making recommendations and reporting on all pertinent information. They hope this new format is more efficient, allowing more business to be concluded in a shorter time frame. Council agreed, at this...
Six Tucker County residents will be in Federal Court for pre-trials on Monday, Oct. 28 and trials will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 5 for drug charges related to the manufacture of methamphetamine. • Destry Seth Poling, 26, of Parsons, faces a total of five counts. • Shannon David Flagg, ,aka...
100 runners and walkers participated in the 2013 Run For It Picture a postcard perfect setting of an Autumn Day now throw in a small town America festival and you can imagine what this year’s Leaf Peepers was like. Perfect blue skies and a burst of fall colors, accompanied by...
Tucker County welcomes business coach Robert Hinton . Kicks off with first workshop October 22nd State Director for West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WVSBDC) visited the Tucker County Development Authority. Kristina Oliver met local business leaders to announce the state’s new business coaching model and to introduce our...
Twenty-six applicants have been approved for grant amounts totaling $154,030 in the Department of Environmental Protection’s Covered Electronic Devices (CED) Recycling Grant Program, DEP Cabinet Secretary Randy Huffman announced. Established in 2008 under the DEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP), the CED Program requires manufacturers to register their brands...
Once again, the Tucker County Commission opened their regular meeting on September 25 with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Rev. Phil Dent prefaced his opening prayer with a short comment praising the commission for allowing this beginning to their meetings. He stated that with Christians being persecuted around the country,...
Ohio man donates special wheelchairs to make getting out into the world a little easier for Tucker Teen By: Ellis Boury III Evan Fridley shakes hands with Mr. Reed, who donated two power chairs for Evan to use in getting out to enjoy the outdoor activities he loves Sometimes the...
Fund-raiser organizer, Maggie Brown, welcomes guests to the event By Penny Ellison The Parsons Advocate Ever wonder what’s up with the next generation? You often hear how the digital age youth are self-absorbed and lack the desire toward service organizations and volunteerism that previous generations so readily took place in....
Front Row L-R: Pamela Hoskins, Tracy Chenoweth, Amy Moore. Back Row L-R: Kimberly Falls, Teresa Betler, Heather Lantz, Michael Consla, Teresa Brusak, Tracy Harlan. Not pictured: Brittany Taylor The new school year has seen the addition of many new faces. Each of the county’s three schools welcome new teacher and...
