Upshur County News

The website www.upshurcounty.org is now up and running and it's loaded with information, said coordinators.

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will not know until late next week the exact number of bucks killed during the first week of gun season, DNR Game Management Supervisor Gary Foster said Monday.

The unemployment rate in West Virginia fell three tenths of a percentage point in October.

A single vehicle crash near Volga claimed the life of an Upshur County woman Tuesday afternoon.

Upshur County Commissioners chose Office of Emergency Management director Jim Farry for the job.

West Virginia Wesleyan College will serve as the college partner for Hampshire County Schools' "American Heart: Framing Our History" grant.

A Barbour County man who led police on a chase through two counties Sunday at speeds that sometimes exceeded 105 miles per hour is in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $75,000 bond.

The Upshur County Solid Waste Department and the city of Buckhannon have started an electronics recycling program.

West Virginia University's WELL Student Health Director says he's not surprised that, so far, more than 450 students have sought treatment for flu like illnesses on the Morgantown campus.

MAGIC Morning Show host Jack Logar tells us what's going on. There is a wide variety of things going on in West Virginia this weekend.

Buckhannon City Council received a response from an outside investigation requested by city Recorder/Treasurer Nancy Shobe regarding allegations made against her by Councilman Dave Thomas.

Buckhannon Police are investigating an accident that happened on Rt. 33 near the Morton Avenue hill Monday afternoon.

City of Buckhannon landscapers have planted about 20 new pines, dogwoods, and burning bushes near the end of the Main Street exit, off of Route 33.

Two Buckhannon residents were arrested by city police officers after trying to pass a forged prescription at a local drug store.

The man who was killed in an October 24th fire in Upshur County is identified. Dallas Smith died in the fire that destroyed his trailer in Tenney's Mobile Home Park on the outskirts of Buckhannon.

The Salvation Army says bell-ringing collections were down in Upshur County last year and overall donations were down this year, due to the sluggish economy.

Members of the Upshur County Commission and Buckhannon City Council met in a joint session at the Courthouse Annex Thursday to discuss the new armory.

The Upshur County school system says attendance drops every day with more and more kids out sick, and the Upshur Buckhannon Health Department is responding just in time with its H1N1 flu clinics Tuesday and Wednesday.

Six people were killed in West Virginia over the weekend. Four of the six victims died in separate fires.

One person has been killed in an overnight fire in Upshur County. Authorities say the fire destroyed a mobile home in Buckhannon and claimed the life of one person inside.