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Man charged with retaliation against a witness

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BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man faces intimidation of a witness and domestic battery charges after allegedly attacking a family member and telling her she would "regret" having him arrested. Willard Thomas Wiant, 32, is charged with one count of intimidation of and retaliation against a witness, a felony. He is also charged with one count of domestic battery and one count of destruction of property, both misdemeanors. Waint was being held on $10,000 property/surety bond for the felony charge and $5,000 property/surety bond for the misdemeanor charges, which have both since been ...

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ELKINS – Two Elkins natives are featured in the Fall 2026 edition of the West Virginia Humanities Council's digital magazine, People & Mountains. The digital magazine is available for free on the Council’s website: wvhumanities.org. On the cover of the fall issue is a photograph of fiber ...

Worker dies in I-79 accident

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FAIRMONT - It wasn't immediately known if the Tuesday morning mishap on Interstate 79 that killed one roadworker and injured two others was a result of a traffic accident or equipment failure. The incident sent the three spilling from a bridge crossing White Day Creek Road near the ...

Gas Main in Crystal Springs

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The Inter-Mountain photos by Brad Johnson A Mountaineer Gas crew works to install a gas main in Crystal Springs in Randolph County this week, with the help of C.J. Hughes Construction, out of Huntington. The crew has been working for weeks installing the gas main, and this week were digging ...

Federal investigators stop fentanyl shipment

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CLARKSBURG - A North Carolina man will spend the next two years behind bars for attempting to receive a package containing nearly 2 pounds of fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Jaquan Marquis Brock, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. U.S. Postal Inspectors intercepted a package mailed from an address in Scottsdale, Arizona, to an apartment in Morgantown, West Virginia, where Brock was staying. After obtaining a search warrant, investigators found more than 1.6 pounds of fentanyl inside the package. The Postal Service and ...

Community Calendar

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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. GRAND FEATURE PARADE SEATS: Forest Festival Grand Feature Parade seats will be available at the Otterbein United Methodist Church at 1100 South Davis Avenue in Elkins. The seats are for the Oct. 3 parade and are on sale. Parade seats may be reserved by calling the church office at 304-636-0569, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All seats must be ...