FAIRMONT – High school students from across the region will have the opportunity to showcase their artistic skills to the public in their very own student art show at the Red Rock Center for the Arts starting March 17. This year, students from Fairmont, Martin County West, Martin Luther, ...
GRANADA – In Thursday’s Granada-Huntley-East Chain School Board meeting, the 2026-27 and 2027-28 calendars were approved, shortening the number of days and increasing each school day by five minutes. The start of school will be on Aug. 25. Superintendent Doug Storbeck said this way, they will be able to get out of school earlier, on May 20. “Just trying to provide the largest window of time for construction in the summer of 2027,” he said. “This second calendar would start the day after Labor Day in September. This took into account a previous conversation that we had about ...
WELCOME — Hope you are not superstitious because is Friday the 13th. I saw a couple robins and a red headed woodpecker, so signs of spring are here. A cribbage tournament will begin with registration at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, at the Welcome Legion Hall. There will be a cribbage tournament on Saturday, March 21. All area cribbage players are welcome to join the fun. The Lake Promenaders square dance club will meet at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, at the Shaw home at 804 West 1st Street in Welcome. Dancers and watchers are welcome. An American Red Cross blood drive will be on ...
FAIRMONT— The Yard Waste Recycling Site was once again a topic of contentious conversation among the Fairmont City Council at its meeting on Monday. It started when the council approved removing the topic from the consent agenda, which was to consider a purchase order for Shamrock ...
FAIRMONT – The Fairmont School Board got some good news Tuesday night as the best bid for this summer’s tennis court mill and overlay project came in under the projected figure. The engineer’s estimate came in at $372,930. The lowest bid, from WW Blacktopping, came in at $289,753. ...
CEYLON — The Ceylon City Council on Tuesday held a public hearing concerning the Department of Employment and Economic Development for a Small Cities Development Grant for water treatment facility rehabilitation and improvements application submission for which $600,000 is requested. A preliminary application was sent in November. If the application is approved, the city will expect news in the late summer or fall. This application is due April 15, 2026. Troy Nemmer from Bolton and Menk Inc. is helping the city apply. He mentioned that this grant fits the Ceylon project well, and the ...
