PUBLIC NOTICE The Brooke County Commission is accepting applications for full-time and part-time maintenance worker/custodian. The applicant will be expected to perform routine manual cleaning and maintenance tasks in Brooke County public buildings. Examples of essential duties incluce, but are not limited to, the following: sweep, scrub, mop, vacuum and[Read More…]
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Brooke County BOE Advertisement for Bids – Copy Paper for the 2024-25 School Year
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Bids will be received at the office of the Board of Education of the County of Brooke, Wellsburg, WV for the following: COPY PAPER FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR Please submit your proposal to Mr. Donald S. Mitchell, Brooke County Board of Education, Maintenance Foreman, 1201 Pleasant[Read More…]
Notice of Substitute Trustee’s Sale
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE is hereby given pursuant to and by virtue of the authority vested in the Substitute Trustee, Adam Barney, by that certain Deed of Trust dated October 22. 2019, executed by Borrower, Sandhill Crane Properties, LLC, to James C. Gardill. The[Read More…]
U.S. Senate designates April 15-21 as National Osteopathic Medicine Week
CHARLESTON, W.VA.— U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Jim Risch (R-ID) last week reintroduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 15-21, 2024, as National Osteopathic Medicine Week. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the service and dedication of Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) and schools of[Read More…]
Brooke County Included in Counties Under State of Emergency Due to Severe Weather
Brooke County has been included on a list of 26 counties that are under a state of emergency due to two weeks of flooding.Gov. Jim Justice added Wirt as well as Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Logan, Mingo, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler and Wayne counties after severe thunderstorms caused[Read More…]
BHS Receives Grant from SBA
Brooke High School will benefit from Brooke a $6,220,500 from the West Virginia School building Authority.The funds announced last week will be used for interior plumbing renovations.The SBA announced the grant as part of $149,851,553.00 awarded for 18 new needs-based projects.The latest funding builds upon a previous award of $111 million in[Read More…]
Homeowners Rescue Program Available
As the West Virginia Homeowners Rescue Program celebrates two years of helping homeowners across the state, officials encourage qualified homeowners to apply for emergency assistance before funding runs out.Since launching on March 28, 2022, the Homeowners Rescue Program has paid out more than $31 million to help 6,300 West Virginia[Read More…]
April is Safe Digging Month
April is the month when people shake off winter doldrums, get ready to cut the grass again, and foray into outdoor construction jobs.The Public Service Commission of West Virginia reminds everyone that April is Safe Digging Month and to call WV811 before digging.At the request of the PSC, Gov. Jim[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 is a list of books recently added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE LAWYER by John Ellsworth. A judge’s wife is dead. The public are out for blood, the justice system has turned on one of its own. It’s a case no career minded[Read More…]