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…]
News
Physician Assistant Graduates Receive 100%First-Time Pass Rate on National Certifying Exam
The graduates of the June 2026 Physician Assistant program at West Liberty University have achieved a 100% first-time pass rate on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE). The exam assesses clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and other medical skills and professional behaviors that have been deemed important for entry-level practice[Read More…]
GHSP Coordinates Statewide Click It or Ticket High-Visibility Enforcement
Summer is here, and as people prepare for one last weekend away before school is in session, more drivers are on West Virginia roads.The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) is reminding all drivers of the importance of correct seat belt use.The GHSP is coordinating a statewide Click It[Read More…]
AG’s Office Releases Top Scams for July
The West Virginia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division is committed to keeping West Virginians informed about the latest scams targeting the state’s communities.For the month of July, the Consumer Protection Division received 176 scam complaints.The top 5 scams reported were:
More Than 59,000 West Virginia Children Receive Child Support Through DoHS
The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Child Support Enforcement (BCSE), is highlighting the important role child support plays in helping children and families achieve greater financial stability during Child Support Awareness Month this August.During the most recent Federal Fiscal Year, BCSE helped ensure 59,518 West Virginia[Read More…]
Change, Inc. Receives Grant
Change Incorporated will receive a Child Advocacy Center Grant for $89,016.53.The funds will enable the Comfort House to work closely with law enforcement, prosecutors, social workers, child protective service workers and healthcare and mental health providers to serve victims of child abuse and their families in Brooke and Hancock counties.The award[Read More…]
104th Birthday Celebration
The family of Marian Alice Taylor (Bishop) is delighted to announce her 104th birthday was celebrated on August 8.Born in Kingman, Maine, on August 8, 1922, Marian comes from a proud family of military service. Her father, J.D. Bishop, served in World War I, and her three brothers all served[Read More…]
Pull Up A Chair
By: Hettie Basil Lighttower Mind your beeswax! Haha…. Have you ever been told that as a kid? That’s an interesting way to say “mind your own business”. I am not planning on talking about minding your own business, at least not today. But this phrase reminds me of when my[Read More…]
At the Library
The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD by John Connolly. The body of a young runaway from a “troubled teens” school has been found in the water, seemingly drowned, while a teenage girl has gone missing,[Read More…]
Afternoon Movie at the Library
The Brooke County Library will be showing the movie The Devil Wears Prada 2 rated PG-13 on Friday, August 14 at 12 p.m.Miranda Priestly navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing. She faces off against Emily Charlton, her one-time assistant, now a high-powered executive for a luxury[Read More…]