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Lunch with Neighbors to celebrate five years

Local News October 6, 2026

ELKINS - The First United Methodist Church of Elkins will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its Lunch With Neighbors program on Oct. 13 with a free meal that will be open to the public in the church's Family Life Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Since the program's inception in 2021, it has been serving free meals to the community on multiple days each week. "The program has really evolved and stabilized, and at our peak, we were doing three servings a week," First United Church Pastor Tim Edin told The ...

Man accused of forgery, identity theft

Local News October 6, 2026

BUCKHANNON — A man has been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly attempting to use a fake ID to withdraw more than $4,000 from another person's bank account. Dorion Keith Butler, 59, is charged with one count of forging or uttering other writing, one count of conspiracy, one count ...

Elkins Operations Manager Keseker resigns position

Local News October 5, 2026

ELKINS — Operations Manager Michael Kesecker has resigned from the City of Elkins, with his last day scheduled for this Friday. During the City Personnel Committee's meeting Monday afternoon, it was announced that Kesecker had submitted his resignation. The matter had been listed on the ...

REPORT: WVU football commit Chris Wilson shot, killed at 17

Local News October 5, 2026

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football commit Chris Wilson was reportedly shot and killed Sunday night in Delaware County, Indiana, according to multiple local outlets. The 17-year-old was reportedly shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene Monday morning after being found in a car by Muncie police. Wilson was a four-star defensive end recruit for the class of 2027 from Yorktown High School and had been committed to the Mountaineers since June 11 of 2026. He was the third-best recruit in the class for WVU at 6-foot-5, 235 pounds. His junior year, Wilson played in 12 ...

MSFF Closing Ceremony

Local News October 5, 2026

The Inter-Mountain photo by Brad Johnson Queen Silvia LXXXVIII Emma Grace Snyder and 2026 Mountain State Forest Festival Executive Director Nathaniel Bonnell stand above the 2026 commemorative MSFF stone placed at the Jennings Randolph Federal Center in Elkins during Sunday's MSFF Closing ...

Sen. Capito hits the campaign trail

Local News October 5, 2026

CHARLESTON – The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night for a recess prior to the Nov. 3 midterm general election, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito hitting the campaign trail with a pending deal on permitting reform and the passage of the college athletics bill. After months of bipartisan ...