RAVENSWOOD – U.S. Sen. Jim Justice has enjoyed being in the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, but the November midterm election could see control flipped to the Democratic Party – which could also speed up a decision whether to run once again for governor of West Virginia in ...
MT. LIBERTY - The 41st annual Mount Liberty Fall Festival will take place Saturday at the Mountain Liberty Community Building. The festival will begin at 11 a.m. and will conclude with a cakewalk that is set to get underway at 6 p.m. The Community Building is located on the Jonestown-Mt. Liberty Road between the towns of Philippi and Belington. "This is our 41st annual Fall Festival, but we have been here and operated for 43 years," festival president Sherry Booth told The Inter-Mountain. "We were down for two years with the COVID." For more than four decades the ...
MORGANTOWN — An Elkins native is among the Homecoming Court candidates at West Virginia University this week. Ruby Jackson, a senior industrial engineering major from Elkins, is one of 10 candidates to be chosen “Homecoming Royalty.” WVU will name two students “Homecoming ...
ELKINS — Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center was recently recognized by a national organization for providing excellent care to residents at the facility. The America Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) acknowledged ERCC’s quality of care with a ...
PHILIPPI - Students were evacuated from Philippi Elementary School Monday morning due to what was originally believed to be smoke in the school, officials said. Barbour County Schools Superintendent Eddie Vincent told The Inter-Mountain Monday afternoon that the issue "really wasn't smoke," but rather a smell. Vincent likened the incident to turning a furnace on in the winter that has not been on in a while, which causes a burning smell. He added that students were evacuated as a precaution and windows were opened to ventilate the building. "It was just a heat unit that had some issues ...
ELKINS - Several Elkins City Council members seemed displeased Monday when they learned that the lack of a sound system will temporarily prevent council meetings from taking place in the newly renovated City Hall. During the City Municipal Properties Committee meeting on Monday afternoon, ...
