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The Grant County Chamber of Commerce hosted a special Meet the Candidates event to introduce the community to local political candidates that will appear on the primary election ballots in May. The fi rst portion of the event included an update from the Grant County Fire Association on their levy that will help fund necessary gear and equipment for all four local departments. It also included important information about voting from Grant County Clerk Lora Bennett and candidate addresses from multiple federal candidates. For more information on this portion see last week’s edition of the Press.

The second portion included multiple state and local candidates with one of the more heavily contested topics covered being the proposed data centers, one of which may soon be located in neighboring Tucker County.

A former pastor from Seneca Rocks has been charged with nine counts of sexual abuse against a minor. According to the police report fi led on the incident in the Pendleton County Magistrate Court, local police received a call from an adult claiming that Brandon Stewart, 43, of Seneca Rocks, had made contact with their underage child. The victim in the case was interviewed by police and reported that Stewart had been sexually abusing them from around September 2025 until February 2026.