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BBQ Raised Uniform Funds

ELKINS — The Elkins High School cross country teams hosted a chicken barbecue in the former IGA parking lot on Randolph Avenue over the weekend. The purpose of the barbecue was to raise money for…

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Local Sports

WVU's 1st practice didn't meet Rodriguez's high expectations

MORGANTOWN — It was 75 degrees, sunny and no humidity in Morgantown Wednesday morning for West Virginia football’s first practice of fall camp. The weather was a lot better than the boiling, humid summers Rich Rodriguez coached in down south. “This is like vacation,” Rodriguez said. “The weather is just unreal. So nice out…

Sport Columns

Sylla can change the essence of WVU's offense

MORGANTOWN Let us begin with the reality of life in college basketball: big men don't grow on trees. If they did, West Virginia probably would stand tall in the production of dominant centers as there is surely no shortage of trees for them to grow on within the state. But while other schools have…

Editorials

Remembering Another Flood

The deadly flood in Upshur County on July 21 ranks as one of the worst in West Virginia's history, reminding many local residents of another natural disaster we experienced more than 40 years ago. This week, officials announced that, in Upshur and Lewis counties alone, 33 homes were destroyed, with 91 other homes experiencing…

Educators across the state understand each child comes to the classroom with different experiences. They try…

Purple Up

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

Overreach

Were you living in the local area during the Great Flood of 1985, or were aware of it happening at the time?

Obituaries

Joe A. Gumm

Joe A. Gumm, 90, a resident of Elkins, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center in Elkins. Friends may call from 5 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Aug 7, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m.…

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. OLD TIME MUSIC: Join in the first and third Mondays, 7-9 p.m. at The Arts Center in Elkins for an Old…

Columnists

Needing the spirit to be free

In 1904, Lincoln Steffens published a series of essays entitled “The Shame of the Cities,” which inveighed against the "boss". But he added a spin by linking businessmen to political corruption and indeed saw them as the chief promoters. Steffens said it straight and true: "because politics is business. That's what's the matter with…

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