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LOOKING BACK 2001 - A Few Highlights From The Hur Herald. (12/27/2023) 2001 was a fascinating year with lots of ups and downs, special events, sorrows and joys. Here are just a few headlines from a few of the stories that appeared during The Hur Herald year. JANUARY. 1/13 Calhoun Schools gets major $2.7 "Lights On" grant for after school …SEE HERALD STORY: NEW UPDATE: CALHOUN WOMAN MAMIE CROSS RAN WILD AND WOOLY "COOPERHEAD JUNCTION" - One Tough Woman, "Don't Go Up Stinson After Dark"(04/16/2022) OTHER HUR HERALD STORIES: YOUNG STINSON MAN SHOT DOWN IN 1927 - "A Rough And Tumble Place" DOWN AT THE MOUTH OF OLD STINSON - Blind Ed "Pinned My Ears Back"1 of 2. Bob Weaver runs the Hur Herald online newspaper out of his Calhoun County home with his wife, Dianne. The couple has managed to keep the paper going …Chloe merchant John Rose takes a break swingin' with his. dog on the porch of the country store emporium along Rt. 16. The owner and operator of one of Calhoun's last "country" stores, John Herman Rose, 76, has passed. He was owner and operator of Chloe Auto and Hardware since 2001. John enjoyed helping people and was the ideal storekeeper. ORIGINAL STORY 11/04/2020 - West Virginia State Police said they located a suspect vehicle in a shooting in Clay County. Troopers said a man was shot in the chest. No condition was immediately available. Dispatchers with 911 said the incident occurred in the Wallback area. The call came in about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.

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Harold R. Lockhart 80, of Palestine, West Virginia, passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 at Camden Clark Memorial Campus. He was the son of the late Ivan and Ica (Lott) Lockhart. He was a 1949 graduate of Wirt County High School, served in the US Army during the Korean War and retired from Johns Manville after several years of service. He ...

Mortgage Lifter Tomato Characteristics. - Tomatoes are red and pink. - Tomatoes are amongst the most flavorful heirloom tomatoes. - Tomatoes are big and average 2 to 4 pounds. - Tomatoes start bearing fruit in about 80 days. - Tomatoes are on the meaty side. - Tomatoes have very few seeds. - Tomatoes produce an abundant crop.Rev. Lawson C. Whipkey, 82, of Spencer WV, went to be with the Lord on June 28, 2021. He passed at home surrounded by his loving family following an extended illness. Rev Whipkey was born on March 13 1939, in Calhoun County, West Virginia, the son of the late Delmas (Rooster) Whipkey, and Greta Kelly Whipkey. He was a pastor with The United ...Access mugshots for Potomac Highlands Regional Jail inmates online at RJA.WV.gov. Click the Inmate Search link near the top left of the home page, and then enter either the first t...GRANTSVILLE, W.Va. — An abandoned high school in Cahoun County is getting a new life. Crystal Mersh, a 1982 graduate of Calhoun County High School, …October 11, 2021 - 6:02 am. The former Calhoun County High School will be the home of the new non-profit organization the 1982 Foundation. GRANTSVILLE, W.Va. — An abandoned high school in...

HUR HERALD HAS THOUSANDS OF HISTORICAL PHOTOS ARCHIVED (12/13/2023) By Bob Weaver. On a slow day you might take time to view the historical collection of photos by historian Norma Knotts Shaffer, under PHOTO OF THE DAY. There are other collections by Morris Bower, and a thousand others on the Hur Herald.

Leona married Holly Sturm, son of the founder of the Hur Telephone Company William J. Sturm (1871-1949) in 1928, and moved to the village. Holly Sturm (1905-1938) died at the age of 33 from illnesses, leaving his wife with three children to raise. The phone system was established just after 1900. Leona's father-in-law William J.

THE HUR HERALD SHINING STAR AWARDS - Making The Community Better: 07-06-2003: CALHOUN BRIDGES WILL BE REPLACED - Bryner Road And Big Root: 07-06-2003: LIGHTNING STRIKES 911 CENTER - Computer And TV Equipment Destroyed: 07-05-2003: HOLIDAY WEEKEND HAS ROCKY START - Cycle Wreck, Hit-And-Run And Other Incidents: 07-05-2003PAULCER'S KNOB RECALLS CIVIL WAR TALES. (12/16/2023) Paulcer's Knob is among Calhoun's highest peaks on. Husk Ridge near the Village of Hur, a site that recalls. the Civil War mishaps and adventures of Paulcer McCune. (Photo courtesy of Rhonda Rose) PAULCER MC CUNE FLEES FROM HIS REBEL COMRADES. A RETURN TO PAULCER'S CAVE - Remote Hollow, Thick ...The Washburn General Store in Ritchie County is a hold-over from time's past, with benches, tables and encouragement to sit a spell on the front porch. The store dates to about 1870, says current owner Mark Lipscomb. "We have a little bit of everything," he said, being the eighth owner of the establishment. The porch sitters said they are among ...SHORT HISTORY OF GRANTSVILLE - Published In 1942. (03/20/2024) Town of Grantsville in 1942 from Pine Creek Hill, with "new". courthouse under construction to right, cleared Hospital Hill. (Photo courtesy of the David Hathaway collection) Submitted by Norma Knotts Shaffer. The following article was written by Attorney Louis Reed for deposit in ...After 20 years, Hur Herald ending this month. Dianne Weaver (left) and her husband Bob (right) will stop running the Hur Herald at the end of May. The news website mostly covers Calhoun...

CALHOUN'S DEEP WELL DREAMS - Resting In The Stars. (04/05/2024) By Bob Weaver 2008. Fifty years have passed since one of West Virginia's first experimental wells was drilled at Mount Zion, Calhoun County. Local residents remember the secrecy when Exxon and Consolidated Gas erected the giant rig between Route 16 and Pine Creek.Weaver is not unlike hundreds of Calhoun natives, graduating from Calhoun County High School in 1938, and leaving the hills to make a significant contribution to the greater world. Major Weaver, born in 1921 in Grantsville, expresses deep gratitude to his parents Arley E. (1887-1967) and Grace Davis Weaver (1892-1954), saying "My parents ...Elijah and Missouri Arnold Siers are the last two in the front row. Mr. Elijah M. Siers was born in Monroe County, Virginia, (now WV) a son of John and Rutha Siers, on March 25, 1841. In 1847 the family moved to Braxton County on the headwaters of the Left Hand Ford of the West Fork (Siers Run), where Mr. Siers spent his boyhood and early young ...By Bob Weaver 2022. It seems like a stretch, but rural undertakers spent more time tending to the sick and injured than burying people, rural funeral homes providing ambulance service during much of 20th Century. They already had vehicles to transport reclining human beings, and charged a few bucks for the service.BETTY RIVARD: A West Virginia Wonder Woman. (11/24/2019) Betty Rivard, of Elmira, Braxton County, was selected a West Virginia Wonder Woman in 2016. She now lives in Charleston. Photographer and writer Rivard, among her accomplishments, was editing the photographs from the Farm Security Administration Project, a project that captured powerful ...In 2020, here were 9,300 fewer students in West Virginia this school year than last and the decrease could cost the public education system nearly $43 million in state funding. Calhoun, now with a low student population of 862 (2020), a near record loss of 101 students.

In past years The Hur Herald has published the faces of Calhoun folks who lived on the lower West Fork of the Little Kanawha and its tributaries. Their names are mostly unknown. The photos are from a collection taken in the early 1900's by Daniels Run resident Ferris Barr. Interestedly, a few have been identified and the captions have been added. Carson Erie Yeager, 72, of Buckhannon, WV. (03/23/2018) Carson Erie Yeager, 72, of Buckhannon, WV; formerly of Gilmer County, WV, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 14, 2018. He was born October 4, 1945 at Index, WV, a son of the late Clay O. and Eula Bliss Bush Yeager. Carson is survived by four brothers, Clay O. Yeager, Jr. and wife ...

May 9, 2023 · 2/28/2022 The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of February 28, 2022, there are currently 3,045 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been nine deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,317 deaths attributed to COVID-19. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an 83-year old male from Read ... It is full of local county items, both current and historical, obits and even ghost stories. There is an amazing amount of genealogical and historical information in this bit of a 'newspaper'. E-Mail: [email protected]. Mailing Address: 7697 Pine Creek Road, Mt. Zion, WV, 26151. Phone: 304-354-6183 - Fax: 304-354-6183.UPDATE: CALHOUN WOMAN DIES IN CALHOUN ATV CRASH - Second Person Injured. (09/07/2021) Brittany Cunningham, 29, of Calhoun, died Saturday night about 8 p.m. when an ATV wrecked over a hillside, with details sketchy. She was the mother of three children. Her body was taken to an Elizabeth funeral home and transported to WV Medical Examiners Office.Michael John James, 77 - Normantown. (02/18/2011) Michael John James age 77 of Normantown, West Virginia, passed away peacefully to the arms of the Lord on Thursday, February 17, 2011 in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, Weston. He was born September 20, 1933 in Gilmer County WV, a son of the late Aubra and Rhoda Whitsel …CRED, a two-year-old startup that is helping credit card users in India improve their financial behaviour, has raised $80 million in a new financing round, three sources familiar w...The community is a rock-throw over the mountain from Calhoun and Clay County. The pastoral valley has some flatland squeezed between the tall mountains, still being farmed on the land of the leading citizens of times past, including Ogden, Hamrick, Ross, Tawney, Smith, Harold, Keen, Ellison, and White, among others. Rev. Hugh Burns, a Baptist ...PINE CREEK-HUR NEWS - Hot News Delayed (1930-40) 03-09-2024: MOMENTS IN TIME: Mother Burns Child to Death in 1901: 03-09-2024: CALHOUN'S EARLY GRIST MILLS - A Grist Mill List : 03-08-2024: BOY GOT HIS STRIDE IN SMALL TOWN SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA - Panoz Launched Multi-Million Dollar Career, One Of …October 11, 2021 - 6:02 am. The former Calhoun County High School will be the home of the new non-profit organization the 1982 Foundation. GRANTSVILLE, W.Va. — An abandoned high school in...

Carson Erie Yeager, 72, of Buckhannon, WV. (03/23/2018) Carson Erie Yeager, 72, of Buckhannon, WV; formerly of Gilmer County, WV, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 14, 2018. He was born October 4, 1945 at Index, WV, a son of the late Clay O. and Eula Bliss Bush Yeager. Carson is survived by four brothers, Clay O. Yeager, Jr. and wife ...

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 1,805 new COVID-19 cases and 35 additional deaths in its report on Sept. 15. Calhoun has 34 new cases since last Friday, with the reported death of a 73-year-old Calhoun woman and the death of a 58-year-old Wirt woman.

IT HAPPENED IN WEST VIRGINIA - A Book About Sunny Cal, The Whipping At Sand Ridge: 04-14-2024: MOMENTS IN TIME: "Monied Interests" Consider Investing in 1901 ... HUR CHURCH HAD 138 YEAR HISTORY - "They Came For Miles Around" 04-09-2024: ... Hur Herald's Coverage Of 1982 Beheading ...The Little Kanawha River winds through a six counties in West Virginia, connected to an early history of settlements and commercial development when river travel prevailed. The oil and gas industry owes much of its development in West Virginia to the Little Kanawha River. "The river ranges through some of the most rural countryside in West ...BETTY RIVARD: A West Virginia Wonder Woman. (11/24/2019) Betty Rivard, of Elmira, Braxton County, was selected a West Virginia Wonder Woman in 2016. She now lives in Charleston. Photographer and writer Rivard, among her accomplishments, was editing the photographs from the Farm Security Administration Project, a project that captured powerful ...HUR HERALD E-MAIL NOW WORKING - Main Site Returning To Normal: 02-04-2021: BRUTAL, VIOLENT BRAXTON MURDER OF 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD REPORTED - Stepfather Charged: 02-04-2021: WEDNESDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT - 27 Deaths, 535 New Cases, 177,000 WV Citizens Register For Vaccine, Not Enough To Go Around : 02-04-2021: WV KNIFE AND GUN CLUB : 02-04-2021 ...After 20 years, Hur Herald ending this month. Jake Jarvis. May 28, 2016 Updated Nov 21, 2017. 2 min to read. Buy Now. Dianne Weaver (left) and her husband Bob (right) will stop running the Hur ...From West Virginia Tourism. 10/09/2017: Sleep Under The Stars! The East Coast’s Finest Stargazing ... From the Hur Herald. 05/03/2019: Update: Darkness Has Fallen On Calhoun’s Dark Skies Project. 04/27/2019: Calhoun Park is Pristine Jewel – Offers Dozens Of Opportunities, Take A Tour. 04/07/2019: Northern Lights Photographed At Calhoun …JIM HAUGHT - MOON SHINING IN CALHOUN COUNTY. (02/28/2024) Flatboats loaded with whiskey proceeding down a West Virginia River. By Jim Haught. Lemuel Laughlin lived on Rush Run in southern Calhoun County. Lem was a well-known moonshiner. The Revenue Officers were constantly trying to catch him selling his whiskey.SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Village Of Hur's End Times, Angels Sing (12/08/2023) ... Shortly after the premiere performance of "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," with the chimes ringing and echoing across the Hur hills, our old Methodist preacher, the Rev. Dorsey Miller (who lived to age 103) wandered out on his porch down in Buckhorn Hollow. ...Among the earliest settlers was Rev. Squire Alexander Huffman, who born in Virginia and moved to Calhoun. He married Hannah Vannoy, and organized the first church services in 1810. His son, Absalom and his family are buried in the cemetery. The Huffman homestead, where several generations lived, is still standing across the Little Kanawha River.HUR HERALD TOP NEWS STORIES OF 2012. TOP CALHOUN NEWS STORIES FOR 2011 - Calhouners Help Their Neighbors. TOP HUR HERALD NEWS STORIES FROM 2010 - Double Murder Cases Resolved, Calhoun Approaching Midnight Hour. HERALD'S TOP TEN NEWS STORIES OF 2009 - Murder, Neverending Trial, PSD Debacle And More. HUR HERALD'S TOP 12 NEWS STORIES OF 2008

By Bob Weaver. It was a tragic day in 1928 when 56-year-old farmer John Gideon Weaver was shot and killed near the Calhoun line at Trace Fork, Gilmer County. Weaver was on his way to the Kight Store at Nobe to sell butter and eggs when he encountered his long-time enemy Beaman Wright, who killed him. Weaver's widow with six children in 1928.Hur Herald Photos. One of West Virginia's most famous roads, whose construction began in 1838, is now an official scenic highway. The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, known to most Calhouners as Route 47, has long been connected to the county's life and times, but because of its closeness, many have little awareness. ...HUR HERALD NEEDS HELP TO KEEP ARCHIVES/HISTORY ON-LINE (09/20/2023) ... Since the Herald is no longer using a business license, send checks to Bob Weaver, 7697 Pine Creek Road, Mount Zion WV 26151. (OR) PayPal to [email protected]. Contact phone 304-354-6183. ...MORGAN BIBLE BOX COULD BE CALHOUN'S OLDEST ARTIFACT. (07/06/2023) Jim Morgan, who lives on a high mountaintop off Barnes Run, displays a family heirloom, a wooden box that once contained an ancient bible, handed down from his great-grandfather, saying it once contained a bible belonging to WV's first settler Morgan Morgan, a note about the box ...Instagram:https://instagram. allenisd portal711 nostrand avenuedavid yeomans salaryaim trainer script MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT BERNARD BELL: HEROES LIFE RECALLED BY SISTER - "My Heart Is In West Virginia" (11/07/2023) ... She told The Hur Herald "My heart is in West Virginia." Lorena just turned 86. "I was born on Hog Knob," she said. Celebrating her birthday, she said "I went to see the Mothman Prophecies movie, because it took place in Pt ...THE WV THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD NOV. 1985 - Forty Seven Die (11/21/2023) Route 16 South Looking Toward Grantsville. Route 16 South at the edge of Grantsville (Photos Courtesy of Emory and Saundra Johnson) On November 3, 1985, the thousand year flood started heading into the Mountain State. Forty-seven people were killed in the Mountain State. loon air 6000+ puffsford focus p1450 recall Please keep your personal cats indoors or put a collar on them on Thursday the 14th. If you have any questions, please call Linda at 304-354-7506. Partial funding for Trap-Neuter-Return is provided by The Oakland Foundation, The Bernard McDonough Foundation, and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. ~~~~~ trader joe's prescott GERALDINE HUPP 71ST CALHOUN WV FOLK FESTIVAL BELLE - Festival This Week, Calhoun's Beautiful Belles Over The Years. (06/18/2021) Geraldine Hupp of Grantsville is the 71st WV Folk Festival Belle which will be held in Glenville June 17-20, 2021, she appearing in the Wood Festival Parade. The West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville was ... Chloe merchant John Rose takes a break swingin' with his. dog on the porch of the country store emporium along Rt. 16. The owner and operator of one of Calhoun's last "country" stores, John Herman Rose, 76, has passed. He was owner and operator of Chloe Auto and Hardware since 2001. John enjoyed helping people and was the ideal storekeeper. BUCKHANNON - Arguably Buckhannon's most colorful and controversial character has passed away, according to one of his closest confidantes. Carson Yeager was well-known to many for his ornery antics and penchant for alcohol as he roamed city streets, utterly homeless, for many years of his life. But when he died peacefully in his sleep Wednesday ...