Gas company accused of not appreciating surface owner’s rights

Posted: Monday, Feb 6th, 2012
PRUNTYTOWN, Triana Engergy, LLC (Triana) of Charleston, West Virginia was recently accused of wrongful occupation and destruction of property by Paul Nielsen of Grafton.
According to Nielsen's report, he had been working in Ripley for the week. When he returned for the weekend to his property on Lost Run he found over 11 acres of it cleared of timber ...more

TCMS participates in National Geographic Geography Bee

Posted: Friday, Feb 3rd, 2012
GRAFTON, According to materials made available through the National Geographic website, each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Geography Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society.
The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about ...more

Incalculable hours spent investigating Jenkins’ deception

Modified: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
GRAFTON, Taylor County Prosecutor John Bord, and several of those involved in the investigation of Marli Jenkins' embezzlement of funds from the Taylor County Library, met to discuss the numerous hours that they had invested in the case with the Mountain Statesman Tuesday.
To demonstrate the huge amount of evidence, which had been acquired to complete this investigation, Bord presented ...more

Taylor County Community Corrections saves the county money

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
GRAFTON, Taylor County has an asset. An asset that works toward rehabilitating those, who have found themselves facing time in prison, and assisting the community at the same time. The asset is the Taylor County Community Corrections Program under the direction of Tammy Narog.
The Taylor County Community Corrections Program found a new home in May, as they moved into ...more

Writing competition winners honored

Posted: Monday, Jan 30th, 2012
PRUNTYTOWN, At the regularly scheduled Taylor County Board of Education meeting, held last Tuesday, January 24, 13 Taylor County Middle School (TCMS) eighth graders were honored for their efforts in a recent writing competition.
The Holocaust Literacy Program, sponsored by the West Virginia University Center for Democracy and Citizenship Education (CDCE)), eighth grade students from Monongalia and Taylor counties, ...more

City holds workshop on deteriorating structures

Posted: Wednesday, Jan 25th, 2012
GRAFTON --- Local officials came together Friday morning to discuss the continuing problem of deteriorating buildings within the city limits of Grafton.
Grafton City Manager, Kevin Stead, presented a slide show of buildings within Grafton that had been cited for violations of city codes, or condemned all together.
Stead traveled throughout the city, taking pictures of these structures. In ...more