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WVU/Grant Memorial Hospital was recently named one of the best hospitals in the nation by Money.com.

This distinction is based on a facility’s ability to deliver safe, high-quality care and notably high patient experience scores.

In their 2025 rankings, Money.com also includes factors relating to the financial aspects of a patient’s stay, spotlighting those that maintain transparency in their costs.

Other hospitals on the list include the Mayo Clinic, Mass General, Duke, and the Cleveland Clinic to name a few.

John Sylvia, President and CEO of Grant Memorial Hospital, noted in an email to employees that “we certainly do not offer the services of these large national providers, but the services we do offer are delivered with excellent quality and patient interactions.”

The Moomau Grant County Public Library will host a book signing on Friday, February 21, for Rick Shockey, Hardy County native.

He will present his first book, “Hardy’s Heroes”, which is based on his research about 33 brave Hardy County men who lost their lives in World War II.

The books will be on hand for purchase. The author will be available at 10 a.m. to begin signing books.

At 11:30 a.m. he will have a reading from the book followed by a discussion of his writing process.

He will have plenty of time to talk with individuals and sign books from 10 a.m. until closing at 5 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served by the Grant County Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS) Council.

Shockey, a historian, is a graduate of Moorefield High School. He served honorably in the United States Coast Guard as a member of a HH-3F helicopter search and rescue squadron.

He graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management and was vice president of Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary. He also graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.

Shockey lives with his family in Atlanta, Ga., where he currently works for the Cobb County School District.

His wife is the former Krista Everson, a native of Grant County.

By Steven Allen Adams

Weirton Daily Times

Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a document last Thursday allowing West Virginia’s correctional officers to assist immigration enforcement officials and provided an update on his visit to the White House for the signing of an executive order banning transgender student-athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports.

During a press conference Thursday afternoon at the Governor’s Reception Room at the State Capitol Building, Morrisey signed a letter of intent to participate in the 287(g) Program through the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.

The 287(g) Program allows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to work with state, county, and city law enforcement officers to take part in specific immigration enforcement roles. Morrisey’s letter will allow state correctional officers to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in transportation of suspected illegal immigrants in state custody to ICE facilities.

“This does a few things,” Morrisey explained. “One, it frees up the ICE agents to conduct the important work of keeping our country safe and to help keeping West Virginia safe. It also speeds up the deportation process. West Virginia has never applied for this program until now.”

 By John Raby

Associated Press

(AP) — A judge in West Virginia has ordered the new chief of a state agency and several of his subordinates to be assigned as Child Protective Services workers to alleviate a critical staffing shortage.

In an unusual step, Circuit Judge Timothy Sweeney ordered the officials to appear at a Feb. 20 hearing in his courtroom in the Ritchie County community of Harrisville to receive case assignments or risk being held in contempt.

The order named Alex J. Mayer, whose appointment as secretary of the state Department of Human Services was announced Monday, the same day Sweeney made his ruling. There were also four others including the department’s general counsel, Chanin Krivonyak.

The five were appointed as case workers within Child Protective Services and other positions to address staff shortages in a five-country district.

There was no immediate response to an email seeking comment from the Department of Human Services last Wednesday.

There is still time to be a contestant in this year’s Miss Spring Mountain Festival pageants at the Landes Arts Center in Petersburg.

Contests will be Friday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. for the following age groups:

Baby Miss 0-11 months

Wee Miss 12-23 months

Tiny Miss 2-3

Petite Miss 4-6

Little Miss 7-9

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

On Saturday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m., contests during the evening will be for:

Miss Spring Mountain Pre-Teen, ages 11-13

Miss Spring Mountain Teen, ages 14-16

Miss Spring Mountain, ages 16-27

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

There is an admission fee but children 7 years old and under can enter free.

The annual event is hosted by the Grant County Chamber of Commerce.

For more information call 304-257-2722 or go to https://grantwvchamber.com/miss-smf-pageant for pageant contracts.

The Landes Arts Center is located at 20 Mountain View Street, Petersburg WV 26847.

To view a promo for the event go to https://youtube.com/shorts/JsGud8pHHI0?feature=shared

The West Virginia Small Farm Conference is back in Charleston Feb. 26 - March 1.

Attendees will unlock the potential of West Virginia small farms by receiving reliable, tested knowledge about current trends, needed skills, and latest production and operation information, as well as building an understanding of how to develop a successful small farming enterprise.

Online registration is open until Feb. 19 at https://extension.wvu.edu/conferences/small-farm-conference. The Winter Blues Farmers Market will follow the last day of the conference.

Potomac Valley Transit Authority’s 2024 Driver of the Year is Howard Martin (third from left). Making the presentation were assistant manager, Donnie Wratchford, board member Greg Greenwalt and general manager, Doug Pixler.

Petersburg Volunteer Fire Company has announced five new drone pilots, bringing their total to six certified personnel ready to take flight.

The skilled pilots are set to elevate the company’s operations with their expertise in precision flying.

Drone 400 has already responded to multiple calls since going in service and has had successful missions making life saving efforts possible.

Newly certified drone pilots are Captain Marshall Collins, Lieutenant Jordan Brashear, Dakota Ketterman, Kendon Sutherland and Logan Willis.

Top responders for the month of January on 39 calls were:

Jeremiah Mayle 35, Bobby Funk 33, Clifton Ours 28, Nick Moreland 27, Dakota Ketterman 25, Hunter Whetzel 24, Marshall Collins 19, Joe Dolan 18, Blake Dolan 17, Jordan Brashear, Logan Willis and Mandy See 15 each.

 

 

Maysville Elementary School students of the month for January were (front) Payson Miller, Elecktra Snyder, Rowan Heare, Asher Hall and Emori Kessel, and (back) Aurora Diaz Lara, Orion Conrad, Chasity Jenkins, Christian Herron, Zoey Donaldson and Nadia Swick.

Attending the recent SkillsUSA leadership academy in Charleston, with advisers and student members and officers from around the state, were South Branch Career and Technical Center SkillsUSA adviser, Mrs. Heather White; SBCTC SkillsUSA historian, Kourtney Alexander; SBCTC SkillsUSA vice president, Owen Reel; and West Virginia SkillsUSA reporter, Kailee Armentrout.

Teresa Nazelrodt, a resident of Petersburg, has been hired as the Workforce and Continuing Education program coordinator at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College.

She has lived in Petersburg her entire life and has been married to her husband, Mark Nazelrodt, for 26 years. They have two sons, Eli and Isaac.

Nazelrodt has nearly two decades of clerical and administrative experience within the community and has also volunteered her time for several programs through WVU Grant County Extension, including agriculture services, 4-H, and the family nutrition program.

“In working with the Grant County WVU Extension Service, I helped our 4-H and CEOS members in much the same way that I now work with our Workforce Education students,” said Nazelrodt.

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