Calhoun County News

Unemployment continues to grow in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Workforce West Virginia has released its May 2009 report with the majority of counties reporting an increase in joblessness.

More than 100 people attended a public meeting Tuesday at Buckhannon-Upshur High School on the proposed Potomac-Allegheny Transmission Highline route that cuts through the center of Upshur County.

Officials from the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that disaster survivors in Calhoun County are now eligible to apply for disaster assistance to help them recover from the effects of the severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides that began on May 3.

June 4, 2009 Huntington Symphony Orchestra's 'Picnic with the Pops' Set for June 13 Special to Huntingtonnews.net Huntington Symphony Orchestra presents Picnic with the Pops Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington, WV.

Arnoldsburg Elementary School, $2,500 challenge grant to modernize playground equipment.

Although some ares received more than an inch of rain today, the flood waters and run-off have stopped just short of flood stage in Grantsville.

Although the rain has subsided for now, there is still a possibility of roads flooding as the excess water moves downstream.

The rain continues, but the water has started to recede in Calhoun County. The Little Kanawha River crested early this morning flooding a handful of homes along it's banks.

Two people are dead after an apparent homicide in rural Calhoun County. The two people killed were Michael Flanagan, 51, and Julie Flanagan, 52, both of Left Fork Creek in Millstone, said Cpl.

State Police say a woman went to her parents' Calhoun County home to pay them a visit and found them dead of gunshot wounds.

Ronnie and Donna Erlewine first tried their hands at selling furniture about five years ago when they displayed some sofa tables at a Calhoun County event.

March 6 Joseph Starcher and Tammy Scarberry Starcher, et al v. James A. Kaplan, M.D. and the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner PA - Brent Kesner: J - Tod Kaufman * The plaintiffs claim two of their children died in a house fire.

Unemployment increased in all 55 counties in West Virginia as the state hit a seven-year high.

Unemployment increased in all 55 counties in West Virginia in February as the state hit a seven-year high.

Twenty-two West Virginia counties now exceed the state's average unemployment rate.

A state grievance board has found little credibility in former Wirt County Middle School Principal J.D. Hoover's assertion he was wrongfully terminated after taking rifles onto school grounds.

Opponents of a planned 300 mile power line between Putnam County, West Virginia and Maryland are asking for public support.

The little round church of Calhoun County. Albert's Chapel is an unusual octagonal Methodist church located near the settlement of Sand Ridge, West Virginia.

Although many are already ardent students of Civil War history, reenactors say they continue to learn new things everyday, and that, combined with the camaraderie among their fellow "soldiers" translates into a ...

Unemployment rose in all 55 West Virginia counties in January as the state lost more than 22,000 jobs.