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Probable cause found in accessory case

ELKINS — Probable cause was found against a Randolph County woman accused of being an accessory after allegedly helping a man she knew was wanted for multiple felonies. Sara Elizabeth Nelson, 34, of Mill Creek, is charged with one count of accessory after the fact, a felony. She is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $10,000 10% to the court bond. In Tuesday, Randolph County Magistrate Michael Dyer found probable cause against Nelson after a preliminary hearing in Randolph County Magistrate Court. Her case will now be brought before the Randolph County Grand ...

Forest Festival announces Woodly the Elf

Director General Nathaniel Bonnell, Queen’s Department Director Megan Casto and Citizens Bank of West Virginia announce Pierslyn Laeic Farley as Woodly the Elf, the official mascot of the Mountain State Forest Festival. Each year, a Randolph County student, from public, private or ...

New Randolph County superintendent, board members sworn in

ELKINS - New Randolph County Schools superintendent Dr. Derek Lambert and three new board members were sworn in during Tuesday evening's regular Board of Education meeting held at the Central Office.      Randolph County Circuit Court Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong swore in Lambert, along ...

Helping Hands

A successful community service project needs only three ingredients – a beneficiary, donors, and an organization that can meld it all together into a sustainable project. In the case of the Barbour County Backpack Program, the beneficiaries include over 500 food-insecure school children – ...

Harpers Ferry Historic Landmarks Commission raises concerns

HARPERS FERRY — The Harpers Ferry Historic Landmarks Commission (HLC) has formally asked the West Virginia Department of Commerce and Division of Economic Development to address what it describes as the deteriorating condition of the former Hill Top House property and the lack of progress on ...

‘Cerulean Sky’

BELINGTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey joined Barbour County residents in celebrating Belington's new America 250 mural and West Virginia Day. On June 19, the Barbour County Commission hosted a public ribbon cutting for a new mural, “Cerulean Sky,” on the Golden Rule Building in Belington. ...