3 days ago · Mon Power will have a planned power outage on Wednesday, Feb 5, for the areas of Crystal Springs Road, Ferguson Road, and Gum Road in the Crystal Springs area of Randolph County. This information was announced by the Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and 911 Monday morning. The planned outage is expected to last […]

Jan 28, 2025 · ELKINS — President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to pause federal grants and loans had area officials scrambling Tuesday to determine what local programs and services would be impacted. Late Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration freeze, minutes before it was set to go into …

5 days ago · Ruth Rosella Pifer Long, 80, a resident of Nella’s at Autumn Lake, passed from this life Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at Davis Medical Center in Elkins. She had been in declining health. Ruth was born on Tuesday, May 30, 1944, in Tucker County, a daughter of the late Herman Pifer and Minnie Guthrie Pifer. Left […]

Jan 28, 2025 · WHEELING — If you are a West Virginia resident doing your state tax return and in need of a tax credit number to claim your first-time vehicle tax rebate, that information is being mailed out now by the West Virginia Tax Division. Those MV-1 letters started to go out on Thursday, confirmed Alicia Clark, executive […]

8 hours ago · ELKINS – A Flood Warning through 3 p.m. Thursday has been issued for Randolph, Barbour and Upshur counties. The Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and 911 sent out an alert at 9:08 a.m. warning that “small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.” The alert also warns of “flooding of small rivers, creeks, […]

3 days ago · ELKINS — Floodwaters from Friday’s intense rains continued to rise in some parts of the area Saturday morning, in Randolph, Barbour and Upshur counties. Although Saturday saw little rain, flood waters continued to cause problems. The Belington Bridge and the “Concrete Bridge” in Philippi were both closed in Barbour County Saturday due to flooding.

3 days ago · Mon Power will have a planned power outage on Wednesday, Feb 5, for the areas of Crystal Springs Road, Ferguson Road, and Gum Road in the Crystal Springs area of Randolph County. This information was announced by the Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and 911 Monday morning. The planned outage is expected to last […]

5 days ago · The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Floodwaters from Friday’s intense rains continued to rise in some parts of the area Saturday morning. Officials blocked off the entrance to Glendale Park in Elkins, as floodwater covered the park’s roads and fields.

Local News Morrisey directs police to cooperate with immigration enforcement. January 31, 2025. CHARLESTON — Citing the continued influx of fentanyl and other illegal drugs coming into West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey ordered all law enforcement agencies in the state to cooperate as the federal government begins removing illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds from the ...

Jan 14, 2025 · The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Randolph County maintenance employees Shawn Ferguson, left, and Turk Ramsey clean up some of the snow that has piled up in front of the James F. Cain Courthouse Annex on Sunday evening.