New Business for the March 4 Hurricane City Council meeting listed appointments and action on a recommendation of the Hurricane Planning Commission. There was, however, much more news than New Business.

City Manager Andy Skidmore informed the council that plans to purchase the 2.75 acres from the West Virginia Department of Highways adjacent to Fruth Pharmacy at the junction of State Routes 19 and 34 are progressing. The city is prepared to lease the property…