HARMAN – A community nonprofit group has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Randolph County Board of Education illegally sold and closed the former Harman K-12 School, and seeks an injunction to re-open the school.…
County Commission approves funding for Forest Festival
ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission approved a funding request from the Mountain State Forest Festival during its regular meeting…
D&E alumni coming home for weekend activities
ELKINS - Davis & Elkins College alumni are gearing up to return to the campus they called home, where they…
Pack talks Hope Scholarship, unclaimed property
ELKINS — State Treasurer Larry Pack visited Elkins Thursday evening, speaking with The Inter-Mountain about the success of the Hope…
Elkins City Hall News
ELKINS - The TIF Advisory Committee meets Monday to review firms for the city’s downtown streetscape and riverfront projects. Utility…
Mowing at an Angle
The Inter-Mountain photo by Brad Johnson A state Division of Highways worker backs his lawn mower down off a steep…
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Local Sports
Elkins overpowers rival Buckhannon-Upshur for 55-14 win
TENNERTON — Elkins overpowered rival Buckhannon‑Upshur on Friday night, rolling to a 55-14 victory…
PHILIPPI - Gabe Martin ran for 153 yards and a pair of scores to lead Bridgeport…
Indians roll past Colts; Bulldogs bow to Chargers
Mountaineers face first real test of season against No. 25 Virginia
WVU defense prepared for Virginia's athletic quarterback Pribula
Sport Columns
Virginia is among the oldest teams in college football
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - College football players, you may have heard once or twice over…
WVU quarterback Hawkins has calm, collected confidence
MORGANTOWN — We could throw some smoke and mirrors at you today, enough to make you…
WVU defense will have to be better
MORGANTOWN — After West Virginia’s first half against Coastal Carolina, I walked around the press box…
Last week's second half left a bad taste in Mountaineers' mouth
Editorials
More work needed on scholarship program
Despite Hope Scholarship participation nearly doubling across the state, and a recent survey showing high parent satisfaction with the program, skeptics continue to insist reform of the scholarship program is needed. Upshur County Superintendent of Schools Tim Derico announced this month that the county's Hope Scholarship participation rose from 146 students last year to…
A little more than a year ago, we wondered whether West Virginia was even going to…
With recent announcements, W.Va. is making this a ballgame
A little more than a year ago, we wondered whether West Virginia was even going to…
With Recent Announcements, W.Va. Is Making This A Ballgame
During the last decade, a local man has spent countless hours organizing road and bridge dedications…
Honoring Fallen Heroes
Obituaries
Orlan Richard Phillips II
Orlan Richard Phillips II, 69, a resident of Smokey Hollow, Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Thursday evening, Sept. 10, 2026, at the WV Caring Hospice Center at Elkins, West Virginia. He had been in declining health. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on…
Linda Sue Pellen Robey
Kathryn (Turner) VanMeter
Harold 'Shep' Hartman
Communities
Community Calendar
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Community Calendar is reserved for nonprofit, civic organizations. Unless otherwise noted, events listed should be considered free and open to the public. Entries appear in chronological order as space allows. GRAND FEATURE PARADE SEATS: Forest Festival Grand Feature Parade seats will be available at the Otterbein United Methodist Church at 1100…
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
Columnists
Never complain, never explain
As Ronald Reagan quipped about Jimmy Carter in October 1980, "There he goes again." President Donald Trump has been making news at a frenetic pace. His speech in Dallas was a stream-of-consciousness screed that included administering a loyalty oath and calling himself "the greatest" of presidents. But as with everything Trump, you were not…
Recognition is a much-needed leadership skill
Internal struggle over foreign policy
Thanking the doctor and the newspaper
Life
