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Tucker elects three BOE members

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PARSONS – Tucker County voters re-elected three Board of Education members this week. In Tuesday's Primary Election, incumbent BOE members Cathy Hebb, Teresa Samples Simmons and Kevin White were chosen by Tucker voters. Hebb was the top vote getter, with 660 votes, or 32% of the votes cast. Simmons was second with 614 votes, or 29.8%, and Kevin White, with 784, or 38%. In the Tucker County Commission, unopposed Republican Jon Bush received 368 votes. In the State Senate District I4 race, in Tucker County, Republican incumbent Jay Taylor received 202 votes, or 45.6% of those cast. ...

Warner: State voter turnout was 20.9%

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CHARLESTON –  The official who oversees elections in West Virginia said just over one in five registered voters cast a ballot in this week's state Primary Election. West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner said a preliminary total of 250,755 registered voters cast ballots for the election. West Virginia has 1,198,933 registered voters, meaning the state Primary Election had a 20.91% voter turnout rate. Voter turnout rates were low across our region. In Randolph County, 4,314 voters cast ballots in the Primary Election, out of 17,329 registered voters, with a voter ...

Lung screening for coal miners offered

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PHILIPPI – Coal miners in north central West Virginia now have access to specialized lung health screenings close to home, thanks to a newly approved federal program at Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital. Broaddus Hospital has been approved as a site for the National Institute for ...

Three new Pocahontas BOE members elected

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MARLINTON – Three new Board of Education members were elected by Pocahontas County voters this week. Connie Rose, Edwina Garber and Regina Hall were the top three Board of Education vote getters in Primary Election voting in Pocahontas County. Rose received 1,164 votes, or 25.4% of the votes cast, while Garber totaled 844 votes, or 18.4%, and Hall garnered 804 votes, or 17.5%. The other candidates included incumbent Andrew “Frosty” McNabb, who received 522 votes, or 11.4%; Karen McCoy, with 47 votes, or 9.8%; incumbent Morgan McComb, with 391 votes, or 8.5%; Stephen McCarty, ...

Mountain School residents help with park clean-up

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ELKINS - The Emma Scott Garden Club received some much-needed help from Elkins Mountain School residents in preparing the All-Veterans Memorial Park for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. Representatives from the Emma Scott Garden Club, Elkins Make it Shine, and the All-Veterans Memorial ...

Three new Pocahontas BOE members elected

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MARLINTON – Three new Board of Education members were elected by Pocahontas County voters this week. Connie Rose, Edwina Garber and Regina Hall were the top three Board of Education vote getters in Primary Election voting in Pocahontas County. Rose received 1,164 votes, or 25.4% of the votes cast, while Garber totaled 844 votes, or 18.4%, and Hall garnered 804 votes, or 17.5%. The other candidates included incumbent Andrew “Frosty” McNabb, who received 522 votes, or 11.4%; Karen McCoy, with 47 votes, or 9.8%; incumbent Morgan McComb, with 391 votes, or 8.5%; Stephen McCarty, ...