Editor-in-Chief, Mountaineer Journal
BUCKHANNON — On June 9ᵗʰ, Jack Reger and Councilwoman Pam Cuppari-Bucklew were elected to serve on Buckhannon City Council. At 99 percent reporting, Reger received 531 votes at 15.7 percent. Councilwoman Cuppari-Bucklew gained 523 votes at 15.5 percent. Councilman-Elect Reger is a
BUCKHANNON — Councilman Robbie Skinner has been elected Mayor of Buckhannon, defeating the incumbent Mayor David McCauley by 12.7 points. Skinner successfully gained 54.8 percent of the vote, with McCauley receiving 42.1 percent. Mike Bodnar obtained 3.2 percent. In an interview with
BUCKHANNON — In a Mountaineer Journal exclusive exit poll, we found Councilwoman Pam Cuppari-Bucklew, Jack Reger, and Shelia Sines currently lead the field of candidates in the Buckhannon City Council race. Cuppari and Reger maintained a secure lead, with Cuppari-Bucklew receiving 22
BUCKHANNON — In a Mountaineer Journal exclusive exit poll, we found Robbie Skinner currently leads Mayor David McCauley by 32.2 points in the Buckhannon Mayoral Election. Of voters interviewed, 64.5 percent of respondents said that they cast their vote for Skinner, with
BUCKHANNON — The Upshur County Board of Education is receiving public scrutiny after allowing Matthew Kerner to load school buses with food for children, despite a recent arrest for illegally possessing a firearm and aiming a firearm at an unarmed citizen. Additionally,
BUCKHANNON — In a ballot submission summary provided to Mountaineer Journal by the Upshur County Clerk’s Office, 922 Buckhannon city voters have requested absentee ballots with 740 returning the ballots by mail. Approximately 41.64 percent of registered Democrats, 31.84 percent of registered
BUCKHANNON — In an exclusive Mountaineer Journal investigative report, we have evidence suggesting that Matthew Kerner used funds from Opportunity House, Inc. to subsidize material for his 2018 House of Delegates campaign. On February 28, 2018, Kerner was billed for 200 political
BUCKHANNON — On Wednesday, Buckhannon City Council candidate Shelia Sines and her supporters met on the northwest corner of Kanawha and Main Street campaigning for votes. The group arrived at approximately 11:30 a.m. concluding 3 hours later at 2:30 p.m. The average
BUCKHANNON — On May 27th, 2020, Asad Derya Khan was captured flipping off supporters of President Donald J. Trump, Jack Reger, and Shelia Sines during a street rally at the corner of Kanawha and Main Street. Khan drove past the group once,
BUCKHANNON — A controversial interview has surfaced from 2016, where Mayor David McCauley told The Washington Post he is only registered as a Republican to make Buckhannon residents think that he shares their ideological values. In the article, McCauley told the newspaper
