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With colorectal cancer, CRC, screening rates of 32% in 2013, quality improvement, QI, leaders at St. George Medical Clinic made a commitment in 2014 to improving this important preventive health measure. That commitment and the subsequent focus of the health center staff resulted in an almost doubling of the CRC...

Parsons Revitalization Organization ON TRAC (PRO ON TRAC) has received a technical assistance grant valued at $10,000 through the 2015 Brownfields, Abandoned, Dilapidated (BAD) Buildings Technical Assistance program to address barriers to the reuse and redevelopment of abandoned and dilapidated buildings in Parsons. The BAD Buildings Program grant was awarded...

The March 11, 2015, meeting of the Leadmine United Methodist Women was called to order by President Heather Lantz and Lavera Kelley gave the opening prayer. A short memorial service for Valerie Duckworth was led by Amanda Hile, who read the poem “Meet You at the Gate” and then released...

Photo by Beth Christian BroschartTucker County Veterans Charles Showalter and Fred Myers ask Tucker County Commissioners Wednesday for support of a Veterans Monument which will be built in Davis. PARSONS – Tucker County Veterans are working toward building a Veterans Monument in Davis, and two representatives of that group, Charles...

Photo by Beth Christian BroschartMarvin Canfield, Board President of the Fie Rivers Public Library in Parsons, presents the library’s needs during Tuesday’s Parsons City Council rescheduled meeting. Council members voted for the distribution schedule of the upcoming William Mahan Harman Memorial Funds. PARSONS – Even though funds available the William...

Photo by Beth Christian BroschartMembers of the Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force sponsor a press conference in Elkins last Monday to announce the arrest of four area men arrested for marijuana and prescription drug trafficking. ELKINS – Four Elkins area men were arrested last Monday following a...

Photo by Beth Christian BroschartDavis resident Alan Tomson shares data with the Tucker County Ambulance Authority Thursday in Thomas during a special meeting of the board. Tomson shows TCAA members ways to manipulate staffing in order to maximize efficiency in both the Parsons and Canaan EMS stations. THOMAS – The...

DAVIS - Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge has closed for two months. The lodge is closed from March 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015. The lodge is schedule to and is taking reservations for its re-opening on May 1, 2015. The lodge building which is over 50 years old was...

PARSONS – Three charges of sexual assault in the third degree were dismissed with prejudice against a Thomas man in Tucker County Circuit Court last Monday. Charles W. Miller Jr., 60, appeared before Tucker County Circuit Judge Lynn A. Nelson. A jury was selected that morning, and the defense presented...

THOMAS, W.Va. – Cortland Acres continues to expand it retirement community options by adding two more independent living homes as part of The Pines. The Pines are conveniently located on the Cortland Acres campus, which also includes apartments, a long-term care facility and medical services. The additional homes will increase...

King-Vincent DiBacco of Thomas and Queen-Patsy Nestor of Canaan Valley are surrounded by Activity Staff Mary Swisher and Hippie-Cindy Helmick, and Volunteers Nancy Lesher and Linda Shupp. The Valentine Banquet theme was “Pucker Up with Groovy Love” from the 60’s.  

Cindy Helmick, Activity Staff, J. Pat Nichols, and Ashleigh Evers during a leprechaun visit at Cortland Acres

Elkins, WV—At Thursday’s Davis Health System (DHS) Board of Directors meeting, President and CEO Mark Doak announced his intent to retire. The board will now begin the process of planning for a change in leadership. Mark Doak “Mr. Doak will continue to serve as President/CEO until a new leader is...

Sausage gravy and biscuits, eggs, home fries, juice and coffee was the menu for the Fellowship Breakfast served at the First United Methodist Church on March 1. Cooks were Buzz, Bobby, Peabody, Marvin, Julia and Jon.oldsThose attending were Rosalee Moore, Ron and Ann McDonald, Wanda Booth, Virgil Knotts, Jr., Junior...

Photo by Beth Christian BroschartElkins resident Raymond LaMora Jr. is the recipient of the 2015 Anita and Bob Barton Award. LaMora is congratulated by, front, from left, Ray LaMora III, LaMora, Jennifer LaMora Morgan; back, Sue LaMora and Jonathan Morgan. DAVIS – An Elkins resident with decades of experience with...

DAVIS – A familiar face is now at the helm at the Tucker County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Jessica Scowcroft, who was the former Marketing Manager and Assistant Executive Director at the TCCVB, assumed the position as Executive Director Jan. 30. Davis resident Jessica Scowcroft is the new director of...

THOMAS – Jennifer Poling now works with Woodlands Community Lenders, a business that believes successful local businesses are key to keeping communities strong, vital and connected. Poling served four years as the WVU Agriculture Extension Agent in Tucker County, and said she felt the move was a good one because...

The St. George Medical Clinic, Inc. has announced that Danielle Summerfield Lambruno is the new Patient Care Coordinator. Lambruno is a native of Tucker County and brings a lot of experience to St. George Clinic. She is a Tucker County High School graduate and received her bachelor of science nursing...

Philippi, WV – After completing the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program at the Randolph Technical Center in Elkins, Roberta “Bobbie” Troxal took a nursing position at Mansfield Place, Broaddus Hospital. She later transferred to a position in the Emergency Department. Seeking to further her career she enrolled at Davis and...

For more than 15 years Tucker County Warm the Children has operated on the very simple premise of literally “warming children” by means of providing local children with warm, brand-new clothing to wear for the long winter months. “We haven’t had a winter like this one in a long time,...