New Cumberland Magic Tree Teaching Garden (Jackson St across from Davis Pharmacy) Come to the Magic Tree Garden and stake your claim of a raised bed. 19 beds available for anyone in the area. • One raised bed per person. Sign up sheet is at…
Hancock County 4-Her, Ella Barton, Chosen for Prestigious Eureka! STEM Camp at WVU Jackson’s Mill Hancock County, March 17, 2024 – Ella Barton, a talented member of Hancock County’s 4-H community, was selected as one of only 36 campers to attend the Eureka! STEM Camp…
(ORDER FROM WV PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOLLOWS) On January 26, 2024, Hancock PSD filed a Petition for Recommendation ofFunding from the Distressed Utilities Account (Petition for Recommendation).According to Hancock PSD, at the WVIJDC meeting held on December 19,2023,Hancock PSD was directed to file an application…
The cooks are getting ready for the Chester Lions Club upcoming annual “Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt”. The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 30 at the Chester Municipal Building from 9:00 AM until noon (breakfast until 11:00). In addition to breakfast…
The Governor still has not signed HB 5105, which allows for more vaccine exemptions for measles, mumps, chicken pox. I heard an interview on WVMETRO News in which he admits that he is not an expert on health issues and he has concern that one…
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? The oft debated conundrum might well apply to the economic development mix in Hancock County. The influx of workers, permanent and temporary construction workers to the new industries locating here will need housing. Will they seek out…
The bill that weakens West Virginia’s vaccination rules and put the State’s children at risk is on Governor Justice’s desk awaiting his signature or his veto. The Governor has indicated he has not made up his mind on which direction to take. He has been…
The Hancock County Commissioners voted unanimously to join the fight to save 900 jobs at Cleveland-Cliffs Weirton Tin Plate plant at their Thursday meeting. The Commissioners and the City of Weirton is sending a letter to President Joe Biden asking that he intervene in the…
…..The Bill which wiped out some of the exemptions for childhood vaccines passed on the last day of the session. Was amended in the Senate to remove the exemption for a parent simply writing a letter. The Chairman of the Senate Health & Human Resource…