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Center For Children And Families Celebrates Opening in Pine Grove

The Center for Children and Families celebrated the grand re-opening of its satellite office in a new location – Pine Grove – on July 2. The new site, located inside the Robert C. Byrd Center, 992 N. Fork Road, is replacing the previous satellite office in Hundred that was damaged by flooding a few months ago. Regina Reynolds, program manager for the Children and Families Support Center of Wetzel, Tyler and Pleasants Counties, said officials with the Pine Grove Community Co-Op, also inside the Byrd Center, reached out to the center after the flood and offered a new space for ...

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No One Should Go Hungry

Have you ever been hungry? Not just needing a bite to eat, but really, really hungry! Back in the 1950’s and 60’s it was not uncommon to see long lines at the county courthouses waiting on “commodities.” If you aren’t familiar with the term it refers to government food handouts. To ...

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Kathryn Williamson Dearth

Kathryn Williamson Dearth, 85, of New Martinsville, WV, formerly of Sistersville, WV, passed away June 30, 2025 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born March 31, 1940, a daughter of the late Lawrence Chute and Brenice Casto Chute. Kathy worked at Miller’s Pharmacy ...

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Letter To Editor,

I am almost 80 years old and have lived through my share of "shutdowns." I have done an unscientific poll of around 30 friends and none of us has experienced anything negative during these "shutdown" periods. Moreover none of us knows anyone who has experienced anything negative. That leads ...