ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS POCAHONTAS COUNTY COMMISSION 900 TENTH AVENUE MARLINTON, WEST VIRGINIA 24954 Sealed bids for the Pocahontas County ARC Broadband Expansion for the Pocahontas County Commission will be received by the Pocahontas County Commission, at 900 Tenth Avenue, Marlinton, West Virginia 24954, until 3 P.M., local prevailing time, on July 8th, 2025, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. A Pre-Bid Conference will be on June 12th, 2025, at 10 A.M. All interested parties are requested to meet the Engineer at the Town of Marlinton Town Hall, at 709 Second Avenue, Marlinton, West Virginia 24954 at that time. The project consists of the installation of approximately 49 miles of new aerial fiber in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The project will consist of the installation of aerial fiber along existing utility right-of-way on existing utility poles. The primary purpose of the project is to deploy a fiber solution that will provide businesses and residents of the project area with broadband services of at least 25/3 Mbps. The Pocahontas County Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality therein. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President’s Executive Order 11246, HUD Section 109, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin, and have non-segregated facilities. Bidders must comply with the requirements for Affirmative Action and Minority Business Enterprises participation as described in the Federal Specifications insert to the Contract Documents. Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Copeland Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Act, and the West Virginia Division of Labor Wages for Construction of Public Improvements pursuant to West Virginia Code 21-5A-3. Plans and specifications are on file for inspection at the following offices during normal working hours: F.W. Dodge Plan Room, Charleston, West Virginia Online at TRASCO (http://www.trascoplanroom.com) Copies of the Contract Documents (electronic and/or hard copy) are available for purchase through TRASCO at http://www.trascoplanroom.com. A certified check or bank draft payable to the Pocahontas County Commission, County of Pocahontas, West Virginia, or a Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and a grantee bidder and a bidder surety company approved by the Pocahontas County Commission, County of Pocahontas, West Virginia in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Bid, shall be submitted with each Bid, to guarantee the Bidder’s entrance into a Contract, if given the award. No Bid shall be waived or returned because the Bidder failed to or cannot comply with any requirements as set forth in the Plans and Specifications, or any applicable statutes of the United States, the State of West Virginia, and/or local ordinances. No Bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of ninety (90) days after the time of the opening of the Bids. Any Contractor submitting a Bid on this project herby certified, indicates and acknowledges that he/she has a license and meets all the qualifications required by the statutes of the State and subdivision in which the work is to be performed. Date May 29, 2025 By Pocahontas County Commission LC-266734 05-29;2025
Legal Notices
Notice of Administration to Creditors, Distributees & Legatees Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the Cabell County Clerk’s Office at 750 5th Avenue Huntington, WV 25701-2019. Any person seeking to impeach or establish a will must make a complaint in accordance with the provisions of West Virginia Code 41-5-11 through 13. Any interested person objecting to the qualifications of the personal representative or the venue or jurisdiction of the court, shall file written notice of an objection with the County Commission through the Cabell County Clerk’s Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of the first publication or within 30 days of the service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not filed timely, the objection is forever barred. Any person interested in filing claims against an estate must file them in accordance with West Virginia Code 44-2 or 44-3A. Settlement of the estate(s) of the following named decedent(s) will proceed without reference to a fiduciary commissioner unless within 60 days from the first publication of this notice a reference is requested by a party of interest or an unpaid creditor files a claim and good cause is shown to support reference to a fiduciary commissioner. First Publication Date: Saturday, May 29, 2025 Claim Deadline: Wednesday, July 28, 2025 APPOINTMENT DATE: 02/06/2025 ESTATE OF: PAUL KILGORE EXECUTOR: PATRICK KILGORE 1564 UPLAND ROAD HUNTINGTON WV 25701-4142 APPOINTMENT DATE: 02/20/2025 ESTATE OF: JAMES ANTHONY ELSWICK EXECUTRIX: ERIKA ELSWICK 404 24TH STREET WEST HUNTINGTON WV 25704-1305 APPOINTMENT DATE: 02/24/2025 ESTATE OF: CHARLES WILLIAM STEPHENS ADMINISTRATRIX: SALLY HARDY 4433 BRADLEY ROAD HUNTINGTON WV 25704-1809 APPOINTMENT DATE: 05/19/2025 ESTATE OF: PHYLLIS B JONES EXECUTOR: GREGORY SHERRILL JONES 619 LYNN STREET HURRICANE WV 25526-1213 APPOINTMENT DATE: 03/20/2025 ESTATE OF: ELFRIEDE INGRID BEAVER ADMINISTRATRIX: CHERYL LEIGH BEAVER 601 VET MEM BLVD #401 HUNTINGTON WV 25701 APPOINTMENT DATE: 04/11/2025 ESTATE OF: RUTH RIMMER LEWIS EXECUTRIX: JAMIE SHUREE CHUPARKOFF 2773 VIA CIPRIANI 1320B CLEARWATER FL 33764-3948 APPOINTMENT DATE: 04/23/2025 ESTATE OF: ROBERT DAVID CARMAN EXECUTRIX: BRENDA CARMAN 2025 ENSLOW BOULEVARD HUNTINGTON WV 25701-4913 APPOINTMENT DATE: 05/12/2025 ESTATE OF: NANCY C WATSON ADMINISTRATRIX CTA: DEBRA J PACKARD AKA DEBRA J WATSON 244 THOMAS AVENUE HUNTINGTON WV 25705-7799 APPOINTMENT DATE: 05/21/2025 ESTATE OF: MARY ELLEN CHAPMAN ADMINISTRATRIX: MARY ELLEN CHAPMAN 156E CENTRAL AVENUE DELAWARE OH 43015 Notice of Ancillary Filing without any Administration to Creditors, Distributees & Legatees Notice is hereby given that the following foreign will or affidavit of heirs has been filed in the Cabell County Clerk’s Office at 750 5th Avenue Huntington, WV 25701-2019, and no appointment or administration is being made pursuant to the provisions of West Virginia Code 44-1-14b. An interested person(s) objecting to the filing of the foreign will or affidavit or objecting to the absence of appointment or administration being made in this state must file a statement with the Cabell County Commission through the County Clerk’s Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of first publication or 30 days of service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not timely filed, the objection is forever barred. The Cabell County Commission upon receiving any timely objection thereto shall schedule a hearing or hearings thereon and order relief, if any, it considers proper including, but not limited to, an order directing that full and complete ancillary administration of the estate of the nonresident decedent be made in this state. First Publication Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 ESTATE NAME: MICHAEL STEPHEN HATCH 12 COURTSIDE PLACE LITTLE ROCK AR 72210-5676 ADMINISTRATOR: MICHAEL SEAN HATCH 20530 JOHN ROAD LITTLE ROCK AR 72210 Subscribed and sworn to before me on 5/27/2025 Scott Caserta Clerk of the Cabell County Commission LH-271080 05-29,06-05;2025