ELKINS – Heavy rain on Saturday night into Sunday morning caused high waters to inflict more damage on our region, which was the site of deadly flooding on July 21. On Sunday afternoon, multiple trees…
Buckhannon's parks to reopen by Labor Day
BUCKHANNON — City officials say Buckhannon's parks – which were flooded during the July 21 severe storms - will reopen…
Special Water Board meeting set for Tuesday
ELKINS — An open special meeting will take place Tuesday morning to discuss Elkins' current and possible future water sources.…
Upshur residents charged with child abuse, animal cruelty
BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man and woman face abuse charges after police allegedly found a child and animals in…
State liaison assigned after contract controversy
CHARLESTON — Marion County Schools avoiding becoming the latest school to be placed in a state of emergency or direct…
Lawmakers clash with DoHS secretary
CHARLESTON - Carl Ayers, the new cabinet secretary of the West Virginia Department of Human Resources, answered questions from lawmakers…
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Local Sports
Tygarts Valley Youth Football Getting Ready for Season
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football announced two players are coming back to the program. The team…
Barrick, chambers intend to return to WVU football
Epps' hard work is finally paying off
MORGANTOWN — Women’s soccer kicked off the fall sports for West Virginia with a win, hoping…
WVU Women's soccer kicks off season with win
Sport Columns
Rick Trickett's worries about the B-gap
MORGANTOWN — It was one of those moments that come about strictly from happenstance,…
MORGANTOWN Let us begin with the reality of life in college basketball: big men don't grow…
Sylla can change the essence of WVU's offense
Izzo-Brown's rare long-tenured coaching career
MORGANTOWN — For the most part, this new era of college athletics has been, shall we…
Bizjack is the scorer that WVU has needed
Editorials
State of Emergency continues
It might be easy to assume that, as we approach the marking of one month since the deadly July 21 flooding, things are more-or-less back to normal in our area. People whose homes and property were damaged by the raging waters would be quick to tell you that is a false assumption, however. It's…
Immediately after the deadly flooding of July 21, West Virginians once again showed how big their…
Next phase of flood recovery
The deadly flood in Upshur County on July 21 ranks as one of the worst in…
Remembering Another Flood
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 will be remembered as a terrible night for our local community. In…
Finding Hope After Tragedy
Obituaries
Elsie Kathryn Shrout Davis
Elsie Kathryn Shrout Davis of Hambleton, West Virginia, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons on Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, at 11…
Mary Lou Wegman Miller
Justin Lee Good
Elsie K. Davis
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…
Community Calendar
Area Religion Activities
Community Calendar
Columnists
Redesigning the GOP
As Donald Trump continues his restructuring and redesigning of the Republican Party, GOP exiles impatiently plot and prepare for the day of their return. They bedeck the screens at MSNOW and numerous podcasts, but lack the influence they would prefer over Democrats. They stress constitutional issues and bewail Trump’s outrages on immigration, but still…
Events to highlight history of Elkins
Back to school in Barbour
'Park Ranger' leaders like coming to the rescue
Life
