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Morrisey makes ICE announcement

PARKERSBURG — State law enforcement and corrections officials will be working with federal officials to address the issue of illegal immigrants throughout West Virginia. Gov. Patrick Morrisey was at the Parkersburg Correctional Center on Wednesday to announce an agreement between the U.S. ...

Becoming Citizens

ELKINS — Thirty-two individuals from 17 countries became new United States citizens during the annual Naturalization Ceremony in Elkins. The ceremony, which took place at the Jennings Randolph Federal Building Aug. 8, witnessed 32 applicants take the Oath of Allegiance and officially ...

Timberline Mountain resort files suit against Tucker Commission

DAVIS – The Timberline Mountain ski resort has filed a federal lawsuit against the Tucker County Commission, challenging the new 2% “Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee.” The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Elkins, charges that the fee, which went into effect Jan. ...

Police: Two killed in Elkins wreck

ELKINS — Elkins Police Chief Travis Bennett confirmed to The Inter-Mountain Wednesday morning that two people were killed in a single-vehicle accident that occurred on North Randolph Avenue Tuesday afternoon, Bennett said further details about the accident were not being released at this ...

Barbour volunteer firefighter 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 ...

Barbour man charged with sexual assault

BELINGTON - A Barbour County man has been arrested and accused of sexual assault after an incident that took place in late July. Ronald Posten, 40, of Belington, has been charged with sexual assault in the second degree, a felony. He is being held in the Central Regional Jail on a $30,000 ...