Students at Big Otter Elementary are following the PAX Good Behavior Game and becoming role models for other students!  Students show a positive attitude towards their classmates and teachers.  Congratulations to the following students for being selected as the February 2021 PAX Star Leaders at Big Otter Elementary School!   5th Grade – Mrs....

Rebekah Nicholas of Duck, WV was named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University in the Fall 2020 semester. Dean’s List status, which is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses, has been granted to...

West Virginia Division of Highways road crews have spent 18,185 hours, $988,214 dollars, and used 3,769 tons of asphalt patching potholes in the Mountain State since asphalt plants began to reopen at the end of February. This year, as each asphalt plant opens around the state, crews are ready and...

By Allen Hamrick Noah Collins getting on the board. Allen Hamrick photo. The Mustang basketball team locked horns at home this past week with Summersville Middle.  This was a barn burner of a game, but the Mustangs never seemed to make it out of the stalls.  It was a slow...

By Allen Hamrick   Curtis Litton fighting for two the hard way. Allen Hamrick photo. With Covid-19 still doing what damage it can in the world of sports, the CCHS Panthers’ basketball homecoming game and senior recognition night went off without a hitch.  The Panthers said farewell to six of...

Glady is a West Virginia mountain lady! She’s the daughter of Herman and Chessie Nelson, and is one of their 10 children. Growing up as a child she walked or rode a horse everywhere she went. She and her sisters, Myrl and Dorothy, would walk to their grandmother’s house four...

By Allen Hamrick Principal Crystal Gibson crowns Lilly Osborne the 2021 Basketball Homecoming Queen. Top row, L-R- Freshman princess Lilly Goldizen, Junior princess Ivy Taylor, bottom row L-R Sophomore princess Alivia Jones, Senior princess Emily Price. Royalty came to Clay this past Saturday night and added a touch of class...

By Allen Hamrick Tanner Faulkner goes big, hits for 16 points in the game. Photo Joey Varrella The Panther basketball team was to lock horns this week against Roane County and Webster County, but as fate would have it Webster County had to cancel.  Roane came to town on Tuesday,...

By Allen Hamrick Zane Minger was unbeatable on Saturday. Allen Hamrick photo The Panther wrestling team went 4-2 for the week; the mats were so hot you could smell the rubber burning a mile off.  The CCHS Panther wrestling team, with a tough core of returning wrestlers and some new...

By Allen Hamrick Clay County Veteran’s Memorial is seeking honorably discharged service members from Clay County from the past to the present to recognize by having their name placed on a new granite monument being constructed in front of the old court house. For more information and eligibility requirements, go...

By: Betty Lee The annual Ramp Dinner is back for 2021! Spring is here, flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and that means it’s time for ramps!  The annual ramp dinner at H.E. White Elementary is back for 2021.  COVID-19 caused the ramp dinner to be cancelled last year. ...

First Lady Cathy Justice is happy to announce the winners of her St. Patrick’s Day Essay Contest. Seventh-grade students across the state were asked to think and then write about the following Irish proverb: A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have. The...