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Off to the State Tourney

The Inter-Mountain photos by Edgar Kelley Elkins Little League 11-12 year-old All-Star team members wave to fans, friends and family out of a vehicle on Davis Avenue Friday morning during a send-off parade for the…

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Local Sports

WVU baseball looking to capitalize on success

MORGANTOWN — For a moment, we flash back to last June. Only minutes had passed since West Virginia was eliminated by North Carolina in the College World Series. Just what was brimming on Steve Sabins’ emotional sleeve at that moment was, in all likelihood, dozens of different feelings. Exhaustion was there. Disappointment was there,…

BUCKHANNON - West Virginia Wesleyan College announced this week that Coach Kelsey Stowers will not return…

WVWC making coaching change

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 believe the current U.S. election system is vulnerable to widespread voter fraud?

Obituaries

Delvin James "Jim" Wratchford

Delvin James âJimã Wratchford, 80, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life early Tuesday morning, July 14, 2026, at Nella’s at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, Elkins, West Virginia. He had been in declining health. A Graveside Service will be conducted at the Mountain State Memorial Gardens at Gilman, West Virginia,…

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. MCCRUM/KETTERMAN FAMILY REUNION: will be today at Mill Race Park in Parsons, Pavilion #1, at noon. Please bring a covered dish.…

Columnists

Illusions reign supreme

Illusions reign supreme in this summer of moral rectitude. Both Donald Trump and his opponents celebrate the glories of American exceptionalism, although they greatly differ on what that means. Broadly, the idea of "exceptionalism" holds that the United States is so superior to other states and cultures that it has the right to lecture…

Life