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Rocket Fuel program brings about positive behavior

NEW CASTLE – Last week the gym at Craig County High School was filled with middle school students, all of them winners. They are participants in “Rocket Fuel,” a positive behavior program. The program is designed and implemented each year at the beginning of school to reward students who exhibit positive behavior both in... »

CCHS student Andrew Newby’s painting hangs in Capitol

NEW CASTLE – Andrew Newby’s pastel drawing of a green sea turtle now hangs proudly in the Virginia House of Delegates’ office building in the Capitol in Richmond. The Craig County High School 11th-grader’s art was selected as a winner in the high school category in Delegate Greg Habeeb’s annual 8th District Art Contest.... »

Rockets will play on new gym floor Friday

NEW CASTLE – On Friday, Jan. 4, the Craig County High School Rockets Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball Teams will host Highland County, beginning with the girls’ game at 6 p.m. This will be the first official contest on the school’s newly resurfaced gym floor. Admission prices for everyone will be lowered to $2... »

Class projects makes life easier for community

CRAIG COUNTY – With the pounding of hammers and the buzzing of saws, you can bet Mark St. Leger’s class at Craig County High School is working on another project to make life easier and more comfortable for both the school and the community. The class of 20 students in grades 10-12 finished up... »

Ag class looks towards the future with grapes

NEW CASTLE – The agriculture class at Craig County High School might be onto something that could greatly benefit landowners in Craig County in the near future. This fall students are pursuing an experiment in viticulture, the study of grapes. Recently, Jim Henderson’s Ag class which is made up of students from the 9th,... »

Craig people pull together to weather storm’s aftermath

NEW CASTLE – Despite storm warnings packing winds of up to 80 miles an hour that stifling hot Friday evening of June 30, people were caught off guard when the straight line windstorm called a derecho blew through Craig County leaving a wide spread path of destruction and downed trees, many across main power... »

Craig County pulls together during storm aftermath

NEW CASTLE – Craig County neighbors pulled together to help each other in the wake of the June 29 severe windstorm that wiped out electricity and communications to much of the county at the same time that near-100 degree temperatures rolled in. A cooling center with meals and overnight sleeping areas opened at Craig... »

CCHS graduates Class of 2012

CRAIG COUNTY – Craig County High School graduated 49 members of the Class of 2012 under sunny skies on June 9. More than 200 parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, other relatives and friends cheered them on from the stands at Walton F. Mitchell Jr. Field, as graduates received their diplomas and as their final action, tossed... »

County’s first Relay for Life raises in excess of $7,600

NEW CASTLE – Craig County’s first Relay for Life last weekend raised more than $7,600 to fight cancer and provide services for people with the killer. About 170 people took part in the relay and camping throughout the night at the Craig County High School track. The event ended at 2 a.m. “The outstanding... »

Discussion begins to restore baseball field lights

NEW CASTLE – Just before baseball and softball season started, the lights came down at Craig County High School fields. Tonight, Sept. 7, School Superintendent Ronnie Gordon plans to talk with members of the school’s Athletic Booster Club at their regular meeting about what can be done to replace them. The lights and poles... »