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New superintendent to meet with school principals

ELKINS - Randolph County Schools Superintendent Derek Lambert announced during his first Randolph County Board of Education meeting that he plans to meet with the principals of the county schools.   Lambert was approved as superintendent by the BOE on May 27. He was officially handed the ...

Wildlife Center’s ‘Rendezvous’ to return

FRENCH CREEK - The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced the West Virginia Wildlife Center will host its 10th annual Rendezvous Celebration Friday, July 31, and Saturday, Aug. 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The event will be held rain or shine and will feature an immersive living‑history experience spanning precolonial times through the Civil War era. “The Rendezvous is one of the Wildlife Center’s most anticipated annual events, and reaching our 10th year makes it even more special,” said Mark Biller, wildlife biologist at the West Virginia ...

$320M to create innovation hub

The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium, led by West Virginia University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and more than 60 regional partners, will use $321 million in public and private funding to develop the nation’s next ...

U.S. attorney reaches settlement with WVU Health System

MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia announced Monday that West Virginia United Health System, doing business as West Virginia University Health System, has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and enter a memorandum of agreement to resolve civil allegations that it violated provisions of the Controlled Substances Act across various registered facilities over a seven-year span. According to a Drug Enforcement Agency investigation, WVUHS committed numerous record-keeping and reporting violations from 2017-2024. WVUHS facilities ...

Helsing to bring $50M defense manufacturing facility

MARTINSBURG — Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that Berkeley County will be home to a new advanced defense manufacturing operation on Monday. The announcement was made that European defense technology company Helsing plans to invest $50 million in a Martinsburg facility. The project is ...

Fiddlin’ Around on Third Street

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Claire Kosky, left, and Hubby Jenkins play their violins in front of Tip Top on Third Street in Elkins Tuesday morning. Kosky, from Charleston, and Jenkins, from Brooklyn, New York, are in town for the Augusta Heritage Center's Blues Week.