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Frost advisory, freeze watch in place for region

ELKINS – Randolph, Pocahontas, Barbour, Upshur and Tucker counties are under a frost advisory and a freeze watch for Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Early Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service put out a frost advisory and freeze watch for Thursday ...

Steps to Greatness

CHARLESTON – A college student from Belington spent the summer making connections and learning the ropes as an intern in the Washington, D.C. office of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Mimi Ferguson, a former Philip Barbour High School valedictorian and student body president, said she ...

Charge of arson is dismissed

ELKINS — The case of a Randolph County man accused of attempting to burn down a residence on Harrison Avenue was dismissed this week in Randolph County Magistrate Court. Dylan Joseph Bennett, 25, appeared in Randolph County Magistrate Court for a preliminary hearing Monday afternoon with ...

Upshur man is facing gun and drug charges

BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly illegally possessing guns and manufacturing marijuana in a home where a child lived. Edward Matthew Williams, 45, is charged with two counts of being a person prohibited from possessing firearms, one count of ...

W.Va. Board of Education challenges new rule-making law

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Board of Education is asking the state’s highest court whether lawmakers have any legal authority to approve or reject rules approved by the state board. The state Board of Education has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Kris Warner seeking a ...

Home school online portal discussed

CHARLESTON — The chairwoman of a West Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee is working with the state Department of Education on a centralized online portal for homeschool parents and an office dedicated to answering questions about school choice. The House Educational Choice ...