Tucker County News

If traveling far isn't on your agenda for the Independence Day weekend, there's plenty going on throughout the region.

Events are planned in area counties to celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend.

A joint effort between multiple organizations came to fruition Saturday as the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge and the Tucker County Chamber of Commerce dedicated a new fishing pier on the Blackwater River.

North Central West Virginia Community Action Association Inc. has been awarded State Set-Aside funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Tucker County.

You saw it right here on WBOY, the crowning of Miss West Virginia 2009. Miss Capital City Talia Markham was crowned Miss West Virginia 2009.

More than 130 wind turbines now stand at NedPower's Grant County facility. The site, near the Tucker County line, covers 12 miles of ridgeline.

Tucker County government and Davis Health System officials will be meeting with health care representatives in Washington, D.C., Monday.

Changes at Tucker County High School may present even more of a challenge in the coming months following the resignation of the school's principal.

An experienced squad will take to the field when Elkins Post 29 opens the 2009 season today at Garrett County.

With the Tucker County Health Fair on the horizon this Saturday, this is an ideal opportunity to let you know how vital health fairs are to our area's citizens.

The Tucker County Health Fair and Screenings will be held this Saturday in Canaan.

Geology! Rocks, presented by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, will be featured 16 times at 15 West Virginia state parks and forests this summer as one of many special outdoor learning activities and programs.

There have been rumors of it for years, but now the official statistics are in. West Virginia isn't the oldest state in the country in terms of aged persons, but it does rank second.

It's springtime in the mountains, and area residents are invited to come slide into good health at the 2009 Health Fair from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 6 at Canaan Valley Resort's Bear Paw Lodge.

With the unofficial start of the summer season arriving this weekend, area groups and resorts are hosting several events to celebrate Memorial Day.

Brett Shreve knocked in three runs, including a two-run homer, as Elkins stayed alive in the Class AAA, Region II, Section 4 tournament with a 12-7 win over Lewis County on Thursday.

The Tucker County Chamber of Commerce awarded its best Thursday night at the 31st annual awards banquet.

Corridor H, the long-planned four-lane highway stretching from Interstate 79 at Weston to the Virginia border near Wardensville, is among 57 federal projects marked for termination in a supplement to President Obama's 2010 budget released on Thursday.

Parsons City Council is tracking all possible resources to assure after-hours medical care to the residents of Tucker County after Davis Health System announced plans to convert Tucker Community Care to a "quick delivery" model.

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