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41st Mt. Liberty Fall Festival set for Saturday

MT. LIBERTY - The 41st annual Mount Liberty Fall Festival will take place Saturday at the Mountain Liberty Community Building.      The festival will begin at 11 a.m. and will conclude with a cakewalk that is set to get underway at 6 p.m. The Community Building is located on the Jonestown-Mt. Liberty Road between the towns of Philippi and Belington.  "This is our 41st annual Fall Festival, but we have been here and operated for 43 years," festival president Sherry Booth told The Inter-Mountain. "We were down for two years with the COVID."    For more than four decades the ...

Elkins native a WVU Homecoming Court candidate

MORGANTOWN — An Elkins native is among the Homecoming Court candidates at West Virginia University this week. Ruby Jackson, a senior industrial engineering major from Elkins, is one of 10 candidates to be chosen “Homecoming Royalty.” WVU will name two students “Homecoming ...

ERCC receives National Quality Award

ELKINS — Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center was recently recognized by a national organization for providing excellent care to residents at the facility.   The America Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) acknowledged ERCC’s quality of care with a ...

‘It takes a community to preserve our special places’

There is a unique kind of magic in West Virginia. Anyone who loves spending time outdoors knows it. Whether you are sitting by a quiet creek waiting for a bite, hiking up a steep mountain trail, or navigating a new singletrack on your bike, we Mountaineers don't just like our state's ...

Justice weighs political future, talks Senate control

RAVENSWOOD – U.S. Sen. Jim Justice has enjoyed being in the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, but the November midterm election could see control flipped to the Democratic Party – which could also speed up a decision whether to run once again for governor of West Virginia in ...

Elkins native a WVU Homecoming Court candidate

MORGANTOWN — An Elkins native is among the Homecoming Court candidates at West Virginia University this week. Ruby Jackson, a senior industrial engineering major from Elkins, is one of 10 candidates to be chosen “Homecoming Royalty.” WVU will name two students “Homecoming ...