Buckhannon News

Buckhannon City Council unanimously approved a junk storage ordinance on its final reading Tuesday following a public hearing in which no residents offered any comments.

A sixth person has been arrested on a drug-related charge as part of a countywide round-up by local law enforcement that began Friday morning.

She was born April 2, 1923, at Hall, in Barbour County, a daughter of the late Dorsey French and Osie Pearl Dean Champ.

The Inter-Mountain photo by Melissa Toothman Robert Barbour, horticulturalist for the city of Buckhannon, secures potted plants in a fixture outside downtown Buckhannon businesses.

The center is scheduled to be completed in November 2014. But Guard spokesman Col.

The Upshur County Sheriff's Department, in conjunction with the West Virginia State Police and the Buckhannon Police Department, arrested five individuals Friday morning on drug-related charges and promised further arrests as their investigation continues.

Irish Road Bowling-a low-tech cross between golf and bowling-has been played in Ireland since the 1600s.

Jerl D. "Jerry" Slaughter, loving husband, father and grandfather, 84, of Shinnston, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg.

Gregory Paul Roy, 54, a resident of Parsons, departed this life early Tuesday morning, June 11, 2013, at his home surrounded by loving family.

He was born Sept. 8, 1936, in Buckhannon, a son of the late Hilbert "Doc" and Ona G. Linger Ford.

Two employees of north-central West Virginia shops have been sentenced on charges stemming from the sale of illegal bath salts.

Environmental groups are sponsoring a conference in Buckhannon on how drinking water can be harmed by mountaintop removal coal mining and natural gas drilling.

City Attorney David McCauley told the city council that both the police and fire chiefs are in favor of this hiring requirement as a way to improve response time for off-duty personnel.

The Upshur County Solid Waste Authority awarded $1,200 to Upshur County schools as part of the schools' recycling Bounty Program.

An accident involving a logging truck blocked traffic at the intersection of U.S. 33 and West Virginia 20 for several hours Thursday morning in Buckhannon.

West Virginia's Office of Technology could wind up with dozens of high-capacity Internet routers and no place to put them.

The Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce's board of directors announced that Tammy Reger has been named the agency's new executive director.

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He was born Dec. 9, 1936, in Harrison County, a son of the late Curtis D. and Edrie Teter Wentz.

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.