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Letters to the Editor

Letter to ‘dear child’

After my younger daughter came home from school with a Christmas wish list, I was fairly quick to tell her this wasn’t what Christmas was about: My dear child, I’ll bet by now, you are really beginning to wonder what you will be getting for Christmas. Well, I am beginning to wonder ...

Reader opposes city cameras system

The City of Elkins recently accepted nearly $1 million in funding for “public safety technologies.” These technologies will include upgraded body cameras and dash cameras for the police department as well as a city-wide camera surveillance system. I sat down recently with Police Chief ...

Disputing Warner’s 2020 election claims

I write in response to West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner’s guest editorial in the Dec. 14 issue of the Inter-Mountain. Secretary Warner concludes that the 2020 Presidential election was “improperly influenced by federal officials” and therefore was “stolen”. As evidence of ...

Veteran appreciates lights at memorial

I am a Vietnam veteran and would like to thank Mike Elza and Kathy Vance for the fantastic job they did with the lights and decorations at the Elkins All-Veterans Memorial. It is beautiful and a joy to look at! I hope that this kind of respect and dedication can continue. Also, not to ...

Reader finds irony in transparency talk

Re: “Foundation working on transparency”, page 1, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, by Steven Allen Adams. “The foundation voted to go into executive session to talk privately about what a meeting and transparency policy should look like”, page 1, The Inter-Mountain, Nov. 29, 2023. With ...

Randolph Democrats offer response to Republican margin

First of all, we’d like to congratulate Randolph County Republicans on their seven-vote majority in voter registrations reported in The Inter-Mountain on Tuesday, Dec. 5. That being said, we understand these numbers are fluid, changing from day to day, which doesn’t mean Randolph is ...