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Free Craft Class for Adults at the Library

The Brooke County Library will be holding a craft class for adults on Thursday, March 14, at 11 a.m. You will create a cute bunny candy card. All materials will be provided.Limited space is available. Call the circulation desk at 304.737.1551 to reserve your seat or visit https://brookecountylibs.org/events.

Evening Storytime at the Library

The Brooke County Public Library will be holding an evening storytime with Miss Kim on Wednesday, March 13, at 5 p.m. Children will enjoy the story “The Hugely-Wugely Spider”, a craft, snacks and fun! Limited spaces available. Call the circulation desk at 304.737.1551 to register or visit https://brookecountylibs.org/events.

At the Library

The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THIS SPELLS DISASTER by Tori Anne Martin. Potion maker and self-proclaimed “messy witch” Morgan Greenwood is sure she was hexed at birth. Not only did she drunkenly offer to fake date the[Read More…]

The Public Service Commission Needs You

By: Charlotte R. Lane, West Virginia PSC Chairman Some of you might remember those old posters where a stern, bearded picture of Uncle Sam looks out solemnly over a caption that says, “I want YOU for U.S. Army.” Like Uncle Sam, I would like to say that the Public Service[Read More…]

DoHS Announces Success of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs

The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) and Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) today announced the successful outcomes of DoHS-funded substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs.“Overcoming a substance use disorder is not as simple as resisting the temptation to take drugs,” said Christina Mullins,[Read More…]

Pull Up A Chair

By: Hettie Basil Lighttower How was your week? Did you have a chance to enjoy the weather and listen to a few birds or windchimes? It made you feel great, didn’t it? Perhaps they sounded even better this week, since you now know how much our bodies benefit from them![Read More…]

At the Library

The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE CORSICAN SHADOW by Dirk Cussler. In May 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musée de l’Armée is ordered to get a mysterious[Read More…]

Afternoon Movie at the Library

The Brooke County Library will be showing the movie Oppenheimer, rated R, on Friday, March 8, at 12 p.m.J. Robert Oppenheimer played an integral role in developing the first atomic bomb. Throughout the development of the bomb, Oppenheimer struggled with justifying a creation that came to cause so much damage.[Read More…]