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EHS has no PRO officer to start year

ELKINS — For the first time since January 2023, Elkins High School will be without a full-time Prevention Resource Officer when students return to school next week. Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon confirmed to The Inter-Mountain Friday that, due to a lack of manpower and to the promotion ...

Volunteer fireman charged with arson

VOLGA — A Barbour County volunteer firefighter has been charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to an abandoned house over the weekend. A warrant was issued for Bricen Hunter Siron, 20, on Thursday and he was transported to the Tygart Valley Regional Jail, where he is ...

Back-to-School Bash to offer free school supplies, haircuts

ELKINS — The Refinery Church is teaming up with several local businesses for the church’s first annual Back-to-School Bash on Sunday, featuring free haircuts, a school supplies give-away and a clothing exchange. The Back-to-School Bash will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at 110 ...

Phillips found guilty of voluntary manslaughter

ELKINS – A jury found Melvin Richard Phillips Jr., 64, guilty of voluntary manslaughter and use or presentation of a firearm during commission of a felony in the fatal shooting of a man in the Heavener Acres Trailer Court in 2024. The jury deliberated for approximately three hours and 45 ...