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HURRICANE, W.Va. — A woman died in an apartment fire in Hurricane early Monday morning.
Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton on Thursday identified Joseph Thomas, 57, as the man who drowned in the Pocatalico River this week and who was recovered Thursday.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Male Gamer of the Week award to Jayden Lester of Hurricane Baseball.
WINFIELD — Winfield’s softball team knocked off Independence 3-2 in walk-off fashion on Wednesday night.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Female Gamer of the Week award to Kennedy Schilling of the Winfield High School softball team.
Hurricane Middle School battles it out with the Warriors of Cross Lanes Middle School on Tuesday evening, April 23, at the Shawnee Sports Complex in Dunbar.
HURRICANE — The Lady Redskins of Hurricane host Poca’s Lady Dots in high school varsity softball action on Monday evening, April 22, at Hurricane High School.
Calvary Baptist Academy and Elk Valley Christion School compete in middle school baseball on Tuesday evening, April 23, at the Shawnee Sports Complex in Dunbar.
People all over the world do some very strange things in the name of sport. Take Britain, for instance: If you go to Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire at the right time of year, you will find crowds lining the top of the hill. The sides are very steep, the grass is long and unkempt and the gr…
High pressure ridging in early May will bring a much-needed warmup here in Putnam County! Mostly sunny skies will be accompanied by warm, summerlike temperatures into the mid and upper 80s! This will probably fall just shy of the record highs for the second day of May. We may take this oppor…
This year’s Spring Festival continues (weekends 10 a.m.-6 p.m.) until Mothers Day, at Gritt’s Farm in Buffalo, with lots of fun, flowers, food and entertainment.
This year’s West Virginia Food Truck Festival offers great food, fun and musical entertainment on Saturday afternoon, April 27, at the fairgrounds in Eleanor.
HURRICANE — The City of Hurricane hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 16 at Highley Blessed Realty, LLC.
NITRO — The Putnam County Deputy Sheriff’s Association will host its first Pickleball Tournament Fundraiser on June 8-9 at the Nitro Athletic Complex, 1650 Park Ave., Nitro.
Ceremony set to dedicate bridge
Fifth-graders at Mountain View Elementary School present their yearly Wax Museum history study for fellow students and parents on Thursday morning, April 25.
CHARLESTON — Field events took center stage on the second day of the Tudor’s Biscuit World Charleston Relays on Saturday at University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field.
HURRICANE — The Cpl. Fulks Memorial Trail Race will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, along the Meeks Mountain Trails at Hurricane City Park in Hurricane.
HURRICANE — Spring has finally arrived with its annual burst of colors and fragrances, ushering in all sorts of warm-weather happenings.
The great weather is finally here and everyone is smiling about it in Putnam County.
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — The Putnam County Aging Program at 2558 Winfield Road, St. Albans, West Virginia, will hold a “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” yard sale fundraiser May 2-4, starting Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. then Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.
HURRICANE — On Wednesday, April 17, the inaugural meeting of the Herbal Club took place at the Valley Park Conference Center. In a grand, high-ceilinged conference room with a soaring chandelier and plush carpet, folks gathered around long, white tables to discuss something earthy, mundane, …
On Thursday, April 14, at Winfield High School, senior Madi Reese signs her Letter of Intent to cheer for the University of Charleston, where she plans to study anesthesiology.
WINFIELD — The Putnam County Senior Centers are engaging in some friendly competition with quarterly pool tournaments.
Candidates forum April 30
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a representative from his office will meet with Metro Valley residents in May to discuss consumer-related issues and answer any potential questions.
CHAPMANVILLE — The Winfield softball team went to Chapmanville on Thursday and made a statement.
LOGAN — Saturday was senior day for the Logan softball team at Bea Orr Field as they hosted Winfield, but the Lady Generals shutout the Lady Wildcats 9-0 in a Cardinal Conference battle.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Female Gamer of the Week award to Mia Duterte of the Winfield High School track team.
The familiar sound of professional baseball will be heard tomorrow in GoMart Ballpark as the Charleston Dirty Birds will open up the 2024 season against the Staten Island Ferryhawks for a four-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Male Gamer of the Week award to Nicholas Pitchford of Buffalo Track and Field.
The Lady Generals host Point Pleasant in middle school softball action on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at the Hurricane High School ballfield.
The first Cops & Rodders Car Show of 2024 draws gearheads to check out four-wheeled beauties on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Hurricane.
Perfect ballfield weather brought out the ballfield smiles this past weekend in Putnam County.
Warm southerly flow returns on your Thursday, putting us back into the 70s with plenty of sunshine.
Gritt’s Farm in Buffalo will serve a farm-to-table dinner from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25.
Last Friday marked what would have been the 75th birthday of a man named Larry Walters. I assume most of you are thinking “Larry Who?”
To me, it’s odd, but I will let you decide. The Day of Ascension is Thursday, May 9, 2024, which celebrates Jesus’ return to His heavenly Father. Odd because it’s 39 days after Easter, but Jesus ascended 40 days after Easter, which falls on Friday. Here’s the passage:
HURRICANE — Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Central, headquartered in Charleston, has announced its merger and acquisition of Family First Realty, which has served Putnam County and surrounding real estate markets for 25 years under the leadership of Mark Madore.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Poca resident who lived through the water crisis of 2014 is leveraging that experience into a research fellowship that, she hopes, will prevent others from suffering the effects of contaminated tap water.
Director Guy Richie does what he does best.
St. ALBANS — Blake Withrow went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs as Winfield baseball extended its winning streak to start the season to 19 with a 9-3 victory over South Charleston Friday in the Ed Carter Tournament in St. Albans.
CHARLESTON — The Contractors Association of West Virginia has announced the association’s 2023 Safety Excellence Award winners.
One of the first car shows of the season brings automobile enthusiasts to Teays Valley Church of the Nazarene on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
POCA — West Virginia’s only U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center has moved from Charleston to Poca.
This week’s smiles, as spring comes alive, come from the libraries, the ballfields and the craft fairs all over Putnam County.
TEAYS VALLEY — A new, state-of-the-art camera installed at CAMC Teays Valley Hospital is expected to help doctors make better decisions for patients.
The main branch of the Putnam County Public Library hosts Eclipse Day activities on Monday, April 8, 2024, as viewers waited for gaps in the clouds to part and show the moon and the sun.
This will surprise you.
HURRICANE — The last PipeSounds Organ Concert Series program of the season will be presented at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, at Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church, 2848 Putnam Ave. in Hurricane.
Today I want to talk about a problem that some of our friends and neighbors in Cabell County are facing.
Teays Valley Church of the Nazarene hosts an arts and crafts fair on Saturday, April 13, 2024, to support its S.T.E.M. program.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Male Gamer of the Week award to William Sinclair of Winfield Tennis.
WINFIELD — After George Washington and Winfield quickly arranged a high school baseball game on Friday in Putnam County, the Patriots might have wished they stayed on the bus.
Two hits by visiting Poca and a hit batter were all that kept Laila Varney from being perfect last Tuesday.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Female Gamer of the Week award to senior Sydney Young of the St. Albans High School softball team.
The Buffalo Bison (8-5-1) tied 4-4 with the Titans of Gilmer County High School on Monday evening, April 8, 2024, in Buffalo.
CEDARVILLE, Ohio — After nine months of rigorous building and testing, Cedarville University’s Rocket Team launched its full-scale rocket prototype at the NASA Student Launch competition on April 10-14 in Huntsville, Alabama. The NASA Student Launch provides middle school, high school and co…
HURRICANE — On Wednesday, April 10, the skies were a mercurial gray, portending either rain showers or a breakthrough of sun…it was hard to tell which.
Earth Day event set for April 19
ELEANOR, W.Va. — The driver of a Putnam County school bus that crashed early Wednesday morning remained hospitalized Thursday while investigators await toxicology and medical reports as well as the results of “black box” data that will help them determine the cause of the crash.
HUNTINGTON — After two days of trial, a federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Scott Depot, West Virginia, man of fraudulently obtaining a home mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
ELEANOR, W.Va. — A school bus driver and nine Putnam County students were sent to area hospitals following an early morning school bus accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in Eleanor.
