The Brooke County Library will be holding a craft class for adults on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 11 a.m. You will create a mini mesh wreath centerpiece for Christmas. 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
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The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BIG BAD WOLF by Alexander McCall Smith. The Department of Sensitive Crimes is downsizing in light of a recent downturn of sensitive crime, and staff members are[Read More…]
Bethany College Hosts Annual Grimes Lecture Series
Bethany College was proud to host its annual Grimes Lecture Series during homecoming weekend. This year, we welcomed back accomplished documentary filmmaker and alumna Julia Huffman ‘90, to share her inspirational journey. The event provided a remarkable glimpse into her career, values, and her current project, “The Mother-Daughter Version.”Huffman’s powerful[Read More…]
Natural Gas Heating Prices to Fall this Winter
Most West Virginians who heat their homes with natural gas will see lower gas bills this winter. The Public Service Commission has issued its rulings on how much the various natural gas utilities may charge to purchase gas for this heating season.Each year, natural gas utilities must file purchased gas[Read More…]
Cornerstone Setting for New EMS Building Held
Brooke County officials gathered Saturday, Oct. 14 to celebrate the cornerstone setting for the new $2.2 million EMS building with a ceremony from the local Masonic Fraternity.“It’s meant to ensure that the building starts from a proper foundation, and that’s what we want to do here today. Not just with[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Doe Season Opens
The first segment of West Virginia’s special antlerless deer season for youth hunters, Class Q permit holders and senior citizens with a Class XS license will be open Oct. 21-22 on public and private land in the 51 counties open to firearms deer hunting.A second segment is scheduled for Dec. 26-27.“This[Read More…]
WVDNR Begins Trout Stocking
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will begin fall trout stockings during the weeks of Oct. 16 and Oct. 23.The state’s second annual Monster Trout Contest will also return during the same time.During those two weeks, the DNR will stock more than 40,000 pounds of trophy-size and monster trout[Read More…]
Fall Turkey Season Returns
Turkey hunting returns to West Virginia with the fall season’s first split opening Oct. 13 in all 55 counties.Two additional splits of the fall turkey season are scheduled to open later in October and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is reminding hunters who still need to purchase their[Read More…]
The following is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR by Susan Meissner. “In 1943, Elise Sontag is a typical American teenager from Iowa—aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a legal[Read More…]
“Cook by the Book” Recipe Club
Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes with good company? Then join us at the Brooke County Public Library for an adults-only recipe club!Every month will have a theme; you choose a recipe, make it up and bring it[Read More…]