Members of the audience at the Heart of the Highlands Annual Meeting The Heart of Highlands held its annual “stakeholders” meeting last week. The group which is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization under the auspices of Tucker Community Foundation is committed to committed to connecting the non-motorized trail systems of five...
According to U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, three Tucker County residents pleaded guilty to drug charges before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull in Elkins. Destry Seth Poling, 27, of Parsons, Shannon David Flagg/aka/ “Shane”, 40, of Hambleton and Michael Luther White, 22, of Thomas, entered pleas of guilty to...
Tucker County Board of Education met in regular session this past week. President Jared Parsons called the meeting to order with all board members present. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, no Delegations were present nor was there a need for agenda adjustments. The Board approved the minutes of the Oct....
Chapter members Mike Moran, President-Lacey Dent, Tracey Dent and Secretary/Treasurer-Amie Canfield. Members of Tucker County’s Right to Life Chapter recently attended the 37th Annual Pro-Life State Convention held at the Trinity Assembly of God in Fairmont, WV . Highlights of the convention included words from Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who...
Student reps from the FFA talk about the new high tunnel greenhouse Tucker County High School recently had an important visitor from the state. West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick paid a visit to see the agricultural program first hand. Helmick spent the better part of a school day hearing...
Senior Reps: Maria Ricotilli and Mitchell Mason; Bethany Friend and Ian Nichols; Courtney Poling and Payden Michael. Junior Rep: Laken Inglese and Owen Evans; Sophomore Rep: Kaylee Nedrow and Matt Louk; Freshmen Rep: Karsyn White and Jakob Cousins.
Tucker County Sheriff, B.K. Wilfong and his daughter, Dani Wilfong visited the Girl Scouts to discuss Police Officers and Safety and Emergency Responding. Wilfong fingerprinted each one of the girls and he and D. Wilfong set up a room with clues (broken piggy bank, half eaten chocolate bar, white powdery substance,...
In August, Parsons Police Chief, Jonathan J. Jones attended training in Sissonville and completed the NIMS/ICS (National Incident Management System/Incident Command System) 400 course. This is an advanced system for public safety personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System. The course expands upon the information covered in...
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...
