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Drugs a growing neighborhood crisis

In June of 2005 me and my wife purchased our first home, in Valley Bend on what is known as the Back Road. Small house, three bedroom, two bath. Had approximately one acre of property to go with it. It is now 2023. Trees have been planted, doors and windows replaced, painting continues to be done, one storage shed, carport, wood shop, 10x10 deck in the yard, and a 10x25 deck on the back of the house. Basketball court was built for the kids who have already grown up and left home. Our home is a place that I thought would be a retirement home someday. But now I’m not so sure. And ...

Reader wants more balanced commentary

On vacation a few days ago I stayed overnight in Elikins and picked up a copy of the July 6 issue of The InterMountain. As a career-long journalist (Des Moines Register, Miami Herald, founder-publisher Florida Tennis magazine) I was interested in reading the publication. In an era of too many small-town publications shutting down, I was delighted to see your thorough coverage of area news. If we don’t have newspapers in print, we won’t have democracy. The editorial page consisted of syndicated columns by Cal Thomas, Rich Lowry and Stephen Moore and an editorial about ...

Cavers’ convention deemed a success

As most readers know, the week of June 24-30, over 1,000 individuals from across the U.S. and around the world converged on Randolph County for the National Speleological Society’s nation conference. I would like to thank Davis & Elkins College, Elkins Main Street, the Chamber of Commerce, the Monongahela National Forest, the City and County for helping to plan and host the largest conference to ever come to Elkins. All these groups were gracious partners involved in two years of planning for this successful event. While spending time with these cavers, I heard a common theme in ...

Reader displeased by delegate’s column

The latest homophobic editorial rant by (Delegate Elias) Coop-Gonzalez is completely disingenuous. The person who pulled the stunt on the White House lawn was immediately rejected and banned from ever attending an event there again. Instead of complaining about a harmless pride event in City Park, I would suggest he concern himself with the 40,000 projected violent gun deaths that will occur this year. Gerald Milnes Elkins

Senators urged to support SNAP

As West Virginians continue to face economic hardships from ongoing inflation and high food prices, SNAP remains one of the most effective ways to reach kids with the food they need. It’s especially important for the 1 in 7 kids in West Virginia experiencing food insecurity today. But recently, the rhetoric around SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, has become rooted in myths and misconceptions. In reality, SNAP is one of our nation’s most powerful tools to end hunger and Congress has the opportunity to protect and strengthen it in this year’s Farm Bill ...

Upshur controversy will be educational

In the beginning God made an idiot. This was for practice. Then He made the School Board, an elected group to oversee the person hired to run schools. Everyone has war stories; mine include long meetings featuring members whose questions revealed zero preparation. Or the meetings where employees took turns on the hot seat, some lying like rugs rather than telling a team leader that their half-baked idea would cost too much and accomplish too little. And the telling moments when it was crystal clear that the leader and the team members were not on the same page, or even holding the same ...