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Davis Trust donates $40K to support EHS athletics

ELKINS - A local bank has made a significant financial donation to help support Elkins High School athletic facilities. Davis Trust Company in Elkins announced a $40,000 contribution to the Elkins Athletic Boosters in support of ongoing improvements to the athletic facilities serving EHS ...

Church to host 100th anniversary celebration

BEVERLY - Special guests and performers will be part of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church's 100th anniversary celebration this weekend.    The church, which is nestled atop the hill next to 4-H Camp Pioneer at the intersection of Mt. Vernon Road and Kings Run Road, first opened its doors in 1926 and has continued to thrive since its inception.    "Mount Carmel, like most churches, struggled for a long time when they first organized," said church pastor Leon Brown. "They were organized in 1926-27, and today the church is sort of toying around about adding another addition. There ...

Randolph man sentenced to 7 years in federal court

ELKINS — A Huttonsville man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for selling methamphetamine in Randolph County, officials state. Justin Michael Hoover, 35, was sentenced to a total of 87 months, approximately 7.25 years, in prison for selling methamphetamine in Randolph County, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced Thursday. Hoover sold methamphetamine to a confidential source from both his home and his vehicle, the release from the U.S. Attorney's Office states. In total, investigators recovered more than 61 grams of methamphetamine. Hoover’s criminal history ...

WVU gameday traffic no worse than usual

MORGANTOWN – Reports of traffic backups on Interstate 79 between Star City and Mount Morris, Pa., appear to stem more from construction on an overpass rather than West Virginia University gameday travelers or the new traffic lights at Exit 155 at Chaplin Road. Greene County (Pennsylvania) ...

Police respond to report of man with gun

The Inter-Mountain photos by Edgar Kelley and Brad Johnson Officers with the Elkins City Police, Randolph County Sheriff's Office and the West Virginia State Police responded to reports of a male individual with a handgun outside of a daycare center on Kennedy Street in Elkins about 12:45 ...

Commission approves funding for local events

ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission approved funding requests for a pair of local organizations during its most recent meeting. The first request on the meeting's agenda came from the Tygart Valley Homestead Association, which was seeking funding help for the Homestead Community and Event Center. "Just to fill you in on some things that have been going on up at Homestead, we have fresh paint in the dining hall and new blinds installed, and youth football and cheer have holding practices and games out on the field as well as youth soccer," said Tygart Valley Homestead Association ...