The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has secured a $280,000 State Opioid Response grant which will be used to fund the operations of Family Treatment Courts through September.“The Supreme Court is grateful to receive this grant, which will allow us to continue operating our Family Treatment Courts over[Read More…]
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WV Nursery and Landscape Association Accepting Applications
The West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association’s Marcus W. Rennix Memorial Scholarship program is accepting applications for Mountain State students studying horticulture, landscape architecture and nursery and greenhouse management.The deadline for applications to be submitted is Sept. 30.Executive director Julie Robinson said students must be in-state residents who have completed[Read More…]
The West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association’s Marcus W. Rennix Memorial Scholarship program is accepting applications for Mountain State students studying horticulture, landscape architecture and nursery and greenhouse management.The deadline for applications to be submitted is Sept. 30.Executive director Julie Robinson said students must be in-state residents who have completed[Read More…]
AG McCuskey Launches Operation Robocall Roundup
Attorney General J. B. McCuskey has launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force, to crack down on robocalls across the country.Attorney General McCuskey and 50 bipartisan attorneys general are sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding they act now to stop illegal robocalls[Read More…]
Keeping An Eye On the Railroads
By: Charlotte R. Lane, WV PSC Chairman Two of the nation’s four major railroad systems cross through West Virginia.Those lines are CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway.CSX is probably best known here for once owning The Greenbrier Resort.The system operates broadly in the eastern United States. It is important for[Read More…]
At the Library
The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION CARD, KILL THEM ALL by Monty R. Garner. In 1875, sixteen-year-old Card Jordan returns from his first solo hunting trip to discover a nightmare–his family brutally murdered by a ruthless gang. Scrawled in the[Read More…]
Pull Up A Chair
By: Hettie Basil Lighttower Hopefully no one in this crowd has had to use pepper spray in self-defense. But even more so, hopefully no one has been pepper-sprayed for bad behavior! We use pepper on our foods and most of us love it. Some love it a lot. Culinary arts[Read More…]
Notice to Redeem – 2024-C-000051
NOTICE TO REDEEM (2024-C-000051 – Brooke County – Brian Corwin) District: Cross CreekMap: C19AParcel: 0008 0000 0000 TO: JASON D. HORNICK, THOMAS J. BIOUX, EXPAND ENERGY CORP., EQUINOR USA ONSHORE PROPERTIES, INC., TARA HORNICK, JACQUELINE K. BIOUX, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians,[Read More…]
Benjamin George “Buck” Copenhaver
BENJAMIN GEORGE “BUCK” COPENHAVER, 87, of Colliers, WV died peacefully on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Valley Hospice Care North in Steubenville, OH with his family by his side. Born October 23, 1937, in Colliers, WV a son of the late Bernard and Anna (Snyder) Copenhaver. In addition to his[Read More…]
James Frederick Watts
JAMES FREDERICK WATTS, 61, of Weirton, WV, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2025, at WVU-WMC, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous two-year battle with cancer. Born on April 4, 1964, in Steubenville, James was a son of Conrad and Joyce[Read More…]