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ELECTION 2022 – FIELDS FILES FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
With less than 24 hours to file as a candidate in the 2022 election, the Hancock County Board of Education candidates expanded to a field of 8 for 3 seats. Ed Fields of New Cumberland, who previously served as a…
APPOINTMENT DECIDED BY FLIP OF A COIN
With a flip of the coin, the Hancock County Commission decided on the appointment of a Community-at-Large member to the Brooke Hancock Metropolitan Planning Commission. Patrick Arneault was chosen to fill the position over Ray Gaytka when Assistant Prosecutor…
OBITUARY: CAROL RUSSELL
Carol A. Russell, loving mother, grandmother, and sister passed at the Heritage Valley Beaver Hospital on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, following a lengthy illness. She was 76 years old. She was born in St. Helen’s England on November 3, 1945.…
PSC WARNS OF UTILITY BILL SCAM
CHARLESTON, WV – There is a new twist to an old phone scam and the Public Service Commission is cautioning utility customers to be on the alert. This latest version is particularly disturbing because the callers have enough specific information about…
OBITUARY: LORA SUTHERIN
Lora L (Tibbs)(Henderson) Sutherin, 90, was born on June 19, 1931 in Holidays Cove, WV. On Sunday January 23, 2022 she reunited with her loving husband Clayton W Sutherin, a daughter, Doris M (Henderson) Covarrubias, her son in law Robert…
AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit
…….The Board of Education appears to be shaping up to a be hotly contested race. The non-partisan race is usually low key because Board positions are not highly coveted. Let’s face it, there’s a whole lot of grief and not…
ELECTION 2022 – NEW FILINGS JAN. 26
As the Jan 29th deadline nears, filing for the 2022 election has escalated. Barry Lee Wendell of Morgantown has filed as a Democratic Candidate in the 2nd District Congressional Race. On the County level, Frederick John Morello, Jr. has…
OUR HISTORY…..OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer
The Coke Plant explosion on Brown’s Island resulted in tremendous loss of life and on top of the fatalities, another forty to sixty people suffered serious injuries. At the time of the blast, the coke oven battery itself was relatively…
HANCOCK SCHOOLS WORKING ON NEW WEBSITE
A new website will soon better serve the students and parents and in Hancock County. The Board of Education heard a presentation on the features of the website from Steve McKinney, director of Technology for the County. McKinney said…