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Fiddlin' Around on Third Street

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Claire Kosky, left, and Hubby Jenkins play their violins in front of Tip Top on Third Street in Elkins Tuesday morning. Kosky, from Charleston, and Jenkins, from Brooklyn, New…

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Local Sports

WVU football is reviving the fullback

MORGANTOWN — The fullback is back for West Virginia football. The days of a player who has the size of a tight end but can carry the ball like a running back will be displayed on Mountaineer Field once again. Rich Rodriguez turned some heads when he picked up fullback Kayden Luke from Arizona…

Sport Columns

A hunter’s attitude and spring gobbler season

Some friends and I were talking a few weeks ago about the current attitude of some hunters these days and hunters’ ethics in general. I know hunting has changed from the days I was growing up and a whole generation of hunters that were my mentors in those days are no longer around. I…

Editorials

Purple Up

Educators across the state understand each child comes to the classroom with different experiences. They try to meet the needs of individuals even while they’re teaching many students at once. Some of those children are part of military families, with their own set of challenges. During Purple Up Month — the month of the…

Federal officials continue to behave as though they have the right to demand access to West…

Overreach

April is National Volunteer Month, a period to honor those who graciously give their time every…

Salute

Last week, two West Virginia communities suffered losses that have become much rarer — thank goodness…

Mine Safety

Do you know anyone whose health has been affected by the recent heat wave of high temperatures?

Obituaries

Norman W. Black

Norman Wade Black, 91, of Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 12, 2026. Norman’s family will receive friends on Thursday, July 16, 2026 from 6-8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will be Friday, July 17, 2026, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home.…

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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. PURPLE MAJESTIES: The Elkins Purple Majesties (Red Hats) will meet today, at 11:30 a.m. at the Knot Just Another Barn off…

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Trump's tough weekend

Fourth of July weekend was rough on Donald Trump. At Mount Rushmore, he fulminated against “Communists,” becoming again a “divider” rather than a “uniter.” Admittedly, that is his style, but the nation's birthday should rate a gentler presentation. Add to this the Great American State Fair, his arrest of an Olympic athlete for allegedly…

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