Hello, I recently got my first speeding ticket in Marion county. I’m a 22 year old male. The cop cut me a huge break and turned something that could’ve been a big deal into a 73mph in a 70mph. I plan on pleading guilty and paying the fine etc but do you think insurance will rise if the ticket only shows 73 in a 70? I shouldn’t get points or anything so I wasn’t sure if State Farm would still see anything on my record? It is also my first infraction of any kind. Anyone got any info?

I dont see an easy way to make a pepperoni roll or hot dog but maybe there is. Or maybe something else. One of the state is obviously the easy answer though

I'm on my way to Ohio from Florida this weekend and will be going through WV on 77. What is the best hot dog place right off the highway? I'm on a time schedule so I can't go too far from any exit.

Hello! My husband and I are originally from Baltimore Maryland but have been living in Asheville and Greenville South Carolina area for the last 7 years but a recent series events have made us want to relocate.

My husband and I both work remotely so jobs won't be an issue. We are in our early 4os with no kids so don't really need a "nightlife" so to speak more do care about about schools.

We spend a lot of our spare time riding our bikes, mountain biking and/or hiking. As much as we love the outdoors though we still do like a city vibe but it doesn't have to be a very large city just enough to meet some people and have a favorite coffee shop.

We were looking at Morgantown but not sure if it's just mostly a small college town with mostly young people (nothing against youth but would like to meet people in our age group).

Our house budget is about 300,O00. We lean left politically but not hardcore liberal. We are also vegan which can often be challenging on a new town.

Going to be in Petersbury on Friday and Saturday in a couple weeks. Definitely going to check out Family Traditions for breakfast. How is 3rd Base Sports Bar & Grille for happy hour? What about Cheetah B's for dinner? Any other recommendations?

***MAYOR’S STATEMENT READ AT TONIGHT’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING:

Members of City Council, Department Directors, Administration, Staff, and Citizens of our City of Buckhannon… Good evening, and thank you for joining us. The past 36 hours have certainly presented both our internal organization and greater community with challenges. By now, I’m sure everyone in attendance and watching live is aware that Mr. David Walter McCauley was arrested at his home Wednesday morning following a federal indictment on Tuesday, and charged with both the production and the possession of child pornography. He is currently being held without bond in the Northern Regional Jail awaiting a pretrial hearing set for Monday, October 7. All of this comes at the conclusion of a two-year federal investigation, first initiated in July 2022 by the Upshur County Sheriff’s Department.

First, I want to address the statement posted on social media yesterday. That very brief paragraph was preemptive, as details were unfolding. I would ask you to be mindful of three very important words in that statement, and they were: “at this time.” Yesterday morning, at the very onset of this situation, it would’ve been inappropriate to provide detailed comments. Attempting to remove a seated elected official is an extremely rare action. We needed to properly examine the process and procedures set forth by state code that we MUST follow verbatim to successfully remove Mr. McCauley from office. We have since reviewed the text, and tonight, the City of Buckhannon is prepared to provide our community with an informative and hopefully reassuring statement of how we plan to proceed as a governing body, and community.

Second, let me be very clear: ALL of us within the City of Buckhannon organization do NOT, under any circumstances, take lightly, support, or condone in any way the acts of which Mr. McCauley has been charged. Period. Any notion or belief otherwise is egregiously incorrect. If you are here tonight, or watching this broadcast online, and you overhear or see anyone claiming that the City of Buckhannon organization is complacent to, or supportive of the charged acts, please correct them immediately. Those acts are vehemently unwelcome in our community… by ALL of us.

Third, government entities are not the same as private businesses. Elected officials are not treated as traditional employees, and cannot be fired or removed from office with a simple vote or flick of a pen. In a general sense, that is a good thing, but all of us here tonight understand and agree with many in our community that, in this particular situation, we wish we could act quickly.

The question has been asked why Mr. McCauley was not removed from office two years ago when the investigation began. The answer is because no charges had been filed. Simply being under investigation is not sufficient enough to begin the process of removal from public office. A motion of the sort would have likely been denied by both local and state court systems, citing an ongoing investigation with the potential result of no charges filed. I will note, however, that Mr. McCauley was asked to tender his resignation from City Council in November of 2022, but refused.

West Virginia State Code §6-6-7 outlines a specific procedure for the removal of public officers. Following this statement, I will call upon City Attorney Tom O’Neill to share the exact process with everyone tonight that the Council MUST follow in order to remove Mr. McCauley from his seat as an elected member of City Council.

Having read and been briefed the process and procedures provided in state code, as Mayor, I will be calling for a special meeting, possibly by the end of next week, where members of City Council will be asked to support the following agenda item:

ADOPT A FORMAL RESOLUTION OF IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.

This meeting will be open to the public, and the agenda will be publicly circulated through our regular channels of communication. Per open government laws, this meeting will require the agenda to be posted at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting date & time. This procedure is consistent with all City of Buckhannon meetings.

Finally, we hope you understand that we are just as angry, frustrated, sad, and embarrassed as you. Not only has Mr. McCauley endangered youth in our community and beyond, but his presence on this City Council for the past two years has made all of us uncomfortable, and has unfortunately scarred this entire organization of very good, honest, and hard-working people. Our beloved City of Buckhannon is far too wonderful of a place to continuously keep receiving a public black eye by people in positions of influence who have made bad decisions; decisions that hurt our youth, and hinder our growth potential. This must stop! If City, County, Education, etc. Public Officials are not holding positions because they wholeheartedly love our community, and want our collective best interests to be first and foremost, they should not hold office – either elected or appointed. Period.

Thank you for your time and your interest in this matter. We ask for your faith, trust, and patience as we promise to due diligently follow the policies and procedures set forth by state code. We are members of this city just like you, who all want justice to be done, and a governing body where ALL members have the support of the greater community. At this time, we do not know how long the process of removal will take, but like you, we sincerely hope it will move efficiently.

We will keep you updated, and should we need assistance from you, our fellow citizens, we will let you know if and how you can help. Our community is a family, and together, we will move forward. Thank you.

Sincerely, Robbie Skinner Mayor, City of Buckhannon

Above is the written statement present by Mayor Skinner, but the read-aloud version from tonight’s City Council meeting will be available when Channel 3 uploads the footage of the meeting. Unfortunately, Rodney had a prior commitment tonight operating video and sound at the Mountain State Forest Festival, and was unable to live-broadcast our meeting. Channel 3 only has one set of live-broadcast equipment, and it was with him over in Elkins. We apologize for the inconvenience. We too had hoped tonight’s meeting would’ve been live-broadcast.

Posted a few months ago in here inquiring about some concerns I had with buying some land and got some great responses so headed back here- I ended up buying 3 acres in mineral county to use as an escape- build some structures, treehouses, ride atvs shoot guns etc, basically cosplaying as a mountaineer. My big question is:

Do I really need building permits to create fun little permanent structures like gazebos, sheds, etc? Or would no one ever mention it? Some of these structures would require a concrete foundation but nothing too crazy.

TLDR: do I really need permits to make small structures like sheds or carports in mineral county?

Hello as title states I will be doing my anesthesia rotation for 2 years in Huntington WV I have 4 young children . We are not city people and like a little bit of property with a backyard etc.. I’m not too familiar with surrounding areas to live with good school districts and what not, can some people give some insights on good areas I don’t mind commuting up to 45 minutes to Huntington .

Looking for a good campground that I can camp at with my truck on site as this will be what I am sleeping in. Would prefer something with a view but I'm not too picky. It doesn't have to be along the river necessarily but I would prefer something that just shows the beauty of the mountains. It will be me and my dog and we plan to hike a little.

Thanks in advance!

For those that don't know, an old growth forest is a forest that has not seen human intervention in over 150-250 years. The Kanawha State Forest contains around 1,350 acres of old growth forest in Wall Fork and Hoffman Hollow, and a portion of Middlelick. I've explored all of these, and am now looking for other sites.

Obviously, it's very hard to find this environment.

Hey everyone,

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Thanks, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on the haunted map layer!

As sad and tragic as it so obviously is that NC, TN, and others have been affected with flooding by Helene, I’d like to see some our WV towns and cities try to offer up incentives for these destroyed businesses. Call it what you want, but being displaced is nothing new and I’d like to see some of these entrepreneurs and townspeople come to our mountain towns. We’re already incentivizing remote workers and major corporations, why not mom and pop shops, artisans, and restauranteurs to come to our state and our tourist spots.

Any local bars in Lewisburg WV show the Steelers games on TV with sound?

I spoke with my father earlier, and he told me that he had 15 minutes to abandon his camp (in Ranson, WV), otherwise the land owners of the wilderness he's been camping in would call the cops. They also said they called the Sherriff's office, to which my father was relieved as the officer was much nicer than the angry landowner. The police arrived and gave him until the end of the day to leave, and now we don't know what to do or where he is supposed to go. This is not the first time he's been displaced on short notice, as he has been chronically homeless since just before Covid. He had a vehicle at least for most of that time, but now has nothing but his best friend in the world, his small dog Loki and a tent. The officer asked if he'd leave or be taken to jail, and he replied that if it wasn't for Loki he would take the trip to jail. He asked the land and nearby farm owners if they were hiring, and they said no because they are family owned and operated. I have been helping my homeless father try to survive for the past ~6 years and I am simply unable to. There's no way I will have enough money to cover any ever-growing motel fees if I need to get them shelter, and with winter coming I am feeling more hopeless about his quality of life. I worry about how to get him the basic resources that he needs, also.

We have already reached out to many of the county/State resources I could possibly think of, and many weren't fruitful, but if you have any suggestions please let me know. We talked to the WVCEH (the coalition to end homelessness) and he's been on their waitlist for maybe 6 months, as well as some of the low income housing lists in Charles Town and other nearby areas. It's not easy to get a hold of the case workers over there as well because of high staff turnover, and calls + emails get missed due to their lack of funding and high demand. I was also told because my dad doesn't have a job or a car he is considered low priority which feels so backwards. He has been looking for work, but as you may know it's hard to find someone in our area that actually calls back. He desperately needs some sort of income to get him back on his feet, and a place to stay. He has stayed at the only shelter in the Panhandle in Martinsburg, and after what he experienced there he will never go back there again. Plus he couldn't have Loki anyways. I was unable to get him Meals on Wheels as well, as they need a physical address to deliver to.

He's 53, and starting to get broken down from being confined to a tent for the last 2 years. If it weren't for living in the tent, as well as Loki being inside it alone, he would work. I really don't know what he is supposed to do our how to help him. I am worried about his basic needs, but thank goodness he has food stamps/SNAP and his friend bought him a new tent that is supposed to deliver Friday. Current one is lopsided/lets in rain and the zippers have broken on at least one of the doors. On his first day on the streets of Charles Town a few months ago, he ran into a very generous man who lived nearby to now-former campsite that would help him with food and charging his devices, but with the change of camp along with family issues of the generous man, I do not know the future of their help. Thank you for reading, and I really hope that I can find something soon because now he's pretty much forced to wander with his dog trying to find a safe place to sleep tonight.

Edit: thank you all for all the suggestions and places to look into. I did make a GoFundMe as I heard from a few people that I should give it a try, and all funds will go towards getting them some kind of shelter. I'll post updates on his status over there, I aim to be transparent.

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Sorry if this has been asked before, out of towner coming in for this. Is it worth paying the extra $$ for the VIP tickets? Is the line really that long on a Saturday night?

Any great places for dinner in the area? TIA!!

After seeing the post from WV Tourism and their WV Paranormal Trail earlier this week, surely there are more than 14 different paranormal locations in WV?! So I created this map of the locations Tourism indicated and I'm inviting folks to click on the map to add their own locations.

As you click on the current locations you can see a pic and link to the location's website for more info. If you submit a location, feel free to add a description and link to the site as well. I will look them over and add them into the full map giving you created for the submission.

As a 50 year life-long resident of WV I've heard of a few more and curious what others know about spooky sites.

https://preview.redd.it/42vqond37esd1.png?width=831&format=png&auto=webp&s=816eae1397852542a9a359e965bf99b4b1cd6f43

https://felt.com/map/WV-Paranormal-Trail-bkqqEF4gShm3AWgdc3oNnB?loc=38.941,-80.182,7.79z&share=1

My favorite sandwich is the Lucky Turkey from Lucky Rivers Cafe in Hinton, WV. Always on the hunt for good sandwiches & I would love to hear yours

During the foliage, we plan to go to West Virginia from DC this October. Can someone recommend some hot springs there? We've been a few times to Berkeley spring and want to find something new.

First; how is everyone doing in WV re: Helene? I didn’t see much about WV in the news so I hope that means all is okay!

If that’s the case, I’m hoping y’all can give me some advice. There is a lot of info in the sub already that I’m scanning as well.

We are trying to do a little siblings weekend trip this month, this is the first time we’ve ever tried to do this so I’m hoping we can make it a good time.

Our original destination that we have needed to pivot from included Atvs, ziplining, a mountain coaster (prob unlikely to find this again haha) and hiking. Is there anywhere in WV that might fit this bill? Fall festivals / music would also be great. Axe throwing sort of activities, etc. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!