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Elkins officials explain water system letters

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ELKINS - Some Elkins residents were confused when they received a letter this week regarding contamimants in city water. Though many found the letter to be vague, an Elkins city official told The Inter-Mountain Thursday that the city's water is safe and there is no reason for alarm. In the letter, the Elkins Water Division announced customers can access unregulated contaminants results from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study conducted nationwide from 2023 to 2025. The letter stated that the city's water system was "sampled for a series of unregulated contaminants." ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Community Calendar is reserved for nonprofit, civic organizations. Unless otherwise noted, events listed should be considered free and open to the public. Entries appear in chronological order as space allows. PARADE SEATS: Forest Festival Grand Feature Parade seats will be available at the Masonic Lodge at 26 Randolph Avenue, in between the Sheriff’s Office and the Randolph County Court Annex. There are only second row seats available. To reserve a seat, call Pam at 304-614-3376. MSFF PARADE SEATS: Randolph Rebekah Lodge 62 is selling chairs for the 88th ...

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MARTINSBURG - United States Attorney Matthew L. Harvey is proud to announce two Assistant U.S. Attorneys are featured as guest writers in The West Virginia Lawyer, a statewide publication of the West Virginia State Bar. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberley Crockett and Eleanor Hurney authored “The Rule of Law Begins with Layers – Why Civility and Integrity Still Matter.” The article, featured in the Autumn 2026 edition, focuses on the ethical responsibilities that all lawyers carry and the promise to uphold the law while treating colleagues with civility. Assistant U.S. Attorneys ...

Sherlene Sue Rhea

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Sherlene Sue Rhea, 85, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at her home surrounded by her family under the care of Mountain Hospice. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until noon Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home, Elkins, West Virginia. A funeral service will be held at noon Oct. 2, 2026, from the funeral home chapel with Brother Daniel Rider, officiating. Interment will follow at the Mingo Cemetery in Mingo, West Virginia. The family request memorial contributions be made to CORE, 240 Sigma Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in ...

MSFF Coronation Ceremony to be moved up by 90 minutes

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ELKINS - Mountain State Forest Festival officials announced Thursday night that the annual outdoor Maid Silvia coronation ceremony will be moved up 90 minutes due to rain being in the weather forecast. "After much discussion and careful consideration, the MSFF has made the decision to move Friday’s Coronation Ceremony to 12:30 p.m.," an official MSFF email stated at 10:02 p.m. Thursday night. "This is 90 minutes earlier than the originally scheduled time of 2 p.m. "We are doing everything we feel is possible to give Coronation the best opportunity to remain outdoors and avoid ...

W.Va. backs out of consideration for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus  

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CHARLESTON — After being selected earlier in September to participate in a new nuclear energy program, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and state energy officials submitted a letter Wednesday night declining to proceed after the governor said the state would not be a dumping ground for waste. The state Office of Energy sent a letter to Marla Morales, the acting deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), stating that West Virginia would be unable to submit a hosting agreement by Wednesday's deadline to be considered for the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program "On ...