Posted: Mar. 14, 2018 | Source: Stevens & Grass Funeral Home
Roberta Oiler Hackney, age 78, traded in her walker for angel wings on March 10, 2018, at her home in Elkview, WV. She was born on August 31, 1939, in Cannelton, WV, the daughter of Arnold Oiler and Eunice Singleton Oiler. (more…)
A total of 55 inches of snow has fallen on 4,848-foot-high Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County over the past week, with 19 inches arriving during the previous 24 hours. The additional snow allowed the resort to reopen its most challenging run, Shay’s Revenge, restore glade skiing, and keep all 42 trails in the Snowshoe section of the resort open. SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN RESORT | Courtesy photo
By: Rick Steelhammer, Staff Writer | Posted: Mar. 14, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
A snowstorm that swept across much of West Virginia late Tuesday and early Wednesday left some communities buried under a foot of snow, causing classes to be canceled in 15 counties, while giving state ski resorts a late-season boost.
On Wednesday morning, the Pocahontas County town of Bartow had 12 inches of snow on the ground, while nearby Frost was covered with 11 inches, according to the National Weather Service’s Charleston Forecast Office. Summersville, in Nicholas County, started the day with 10 inches of snow on the ground, while 7 inches of powder had piled up in Elkins and 6 inches in Beckley.
Most of West Virginia’s higher elevation communities have been accumulating snow since Sunday, when an earlier storm passed through the region, but failed to drop significant quantities of snow on most of the western lowlands. The most recent storm left much of the Kanawha Valley covered with an inch or two of snow.
A total of 55 inches of snow had fallen on 4,848-foot-high Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County over the past week, with 19 inches arriving during the previous 24 hours.
The bumper crop of snow allowed the resort to reopen its most challenging run, Shay’s Revenge, restore glade skiing, and keep all 42 trails in the Snowshoe section of the resort open.
At Winterplace, the state’s southernmost ski area, five inches of fresh powder was on the ground early Wednesday, bringing the resort’s three-day snow total to 13 inches. Three of nine lifts serving 9 of 27 trails were operating on Wednesday. Plans call for offering daily skiing and snowboarding at least through Saturday, with a couple of “bonus days” possible after that date if conditions warrant them.
Tucker County’s Canaan Valley on Wednesday was blanketed with 8 to 9 inches of fresh powder — enough to give Timberline Four Seasons Resort good conditions for a season finale four-day weekend of skiing and snowboarding that begins on Thursday.
Canaan Valley Resort closed its ski slopes for the season last week.
At nearby White Grass Touring Center, the state’s largest cross-country ski operation, all 50 kilometers of trails were open on Wednesday, with snow depths ranging from 6 to 18 inches.
Heavy snow prompted the closure on Wednesday of public schools in Fayette, Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Roane, Summers, Tucker, Webster and Wyoming counties.
Snowfall in the higher elevations is expected to taper off on Thursday and end by Friday morning, to be replaced with a day of chilly sunshine, according to the National Weather Service.
In the Kanawha Valley, Thursday is expected to be partly sunny with a high near 50, while Friday should be sunny with a high of about 45 degrees.
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Posted: Mar. 13, 2018 | Source: Leonard Johnson Funeral Home
Darrell W. Foster, 79 of Sharon died March 10, 2018 at CAMC General Hospital Charleston. He was born October 19, 1938.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Judith Guilfoil Foster; Son, Darrell Foster Jr.; Daughter, Connie Jean Foster; Parents, Ernie and Carrie Cart Foster; Brother, Mack Foster Sr.; Sister, Wilma Jean Brooke. (more…)
Posted: Mar. 13, 2018 | Source: Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home
Juanita B. Duff, 79, of Charleston, fell asleep in the Lord on March 10, 2018.
Juanita was born in Romance, West Virginia, to the late Charles and Ruby Lanham Ray. She was a graduate of Ripley High School and attended Glenville State College. (more…)
Posted: Mar. 13, 2018 | Source: Clay County Free Press
In February, Clay County High School received exciting news it was the recipient of a $2,500 grant from the Highmark Foundation. Athletic Director Mary Ramsey obtained information about the Meeting Health Needs Through Supportive Services grant program from the West Virginia Department of Education and wanted to ensure the safety of students, their families, and community members by purchasing and installing automated external defibrillator (AED) machines at athletic facilities located at Bradley Field, the baseball park at Maysel, and the little league field at Dundon. The awarded grant money will be used to purchase AEDS for each of the three sites and having these devices on site during a cardiac event could help save a life. Congratulations, CCHS!
Women’s Track | Posted: Mar. 13, 2018 at 5:14 p.m. | Source: Concord University
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Junior Emilee Henry of the Concord University women’s track and field team has been tabbed as the Mountain East Conference Female Track and Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. (more…)
By: Jeff Jenkins | Posted: Mar. 13, 2018 at 3:47 p.m. | Source: WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Six to 12 inches of snow could accumulate in some of the state’s highest elevations by Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect through Wednesday afternoon for parts of Tucker, Randolph, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster and Pocahontas counties with elevations at 3,000 feet or above expected to get the highest snowfall totals. (more…)
The Kanawha County Public Library in downtown Charleston by Kenny Kemp – Gazette-Mail file photo.
By: Ryan Quinn, Staff Writer | Posted: Mar. 12, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
The Kanawha County Public Library system’s Board of Directors approved Monday paying a search firm up to $21,500 to help find a new system executive director, and OK’d renting space in the former Clendenin Middle building for a temporary Clendenin branch.
Kanawha Circuit Judge James Stucky is pictured during a hearing in his courtroom in August 2013. The West Virginia Supreme Court has appointed Senior Status Judge Thomas Evans III to fill-in for Stucky for an undecided time frame. Gazette Mail file photo.
By: Lacie Pierson, Staff Writer | Posted: Mar. 12, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
A retired judge from Jackson County has been appointed to hear cases for a Kanawha County circuit judge.
The West Virginia Supreme Court issued an order to recall Senior Status Judge Thomas Evans III to preside over cases assigned to Kanawha Circuit Judge Jim Stucky. Evans began hearing cases in Stucky’s courtroom on Monday.
