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Nine Decades of History

DAILEY – The Homestead Community and Event Center has a rich history of being a place that provides hope for the community, and still upholds this responsibility as an active hub for the public today. The community center evolved from being an elementary school, and the building now plays ...

Tree City Status Celebrated

ELKINS — For the 18th year, Elkins has been honored with Tree City status from the National Arbor Day Foundation, and the Elkins Tree Board celebrated this recognition at the annual Arbor Day celebration at the Phil Gainer Center with representatives of Mon Power’s Arbor Day Tree Line USA ...

‘Evening in Paris’

ELKINS - Highland Adventist School high school students and their guests spent an "Evening in Paris" at their first annual banquet recently.  The students gathered at Valley Vista Adventist Center in Huttonsville, where the center's cafeteria had been transformed into the Cafe Paris by ...

Farther Than Ever

MORGANTOWN - The journey of the Artemis II astronauts through deep space has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of people, not least of whom are the engineers and technicians who designed, tested and built the Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule. Three West ...

What unanswered prayers can teach us

I am blessed with the opportunity to write a column. When it started, the focus was 100 percent on helping small and midsize businesses and other types of organizations. Over time, the columns began to cover personal and community topics. Why? Creating great places to work creates better families and communities.  A number of conversations created learning this week. The first occurred when a person shared a situation she was going through. Upon hearing it, I pulled up “Unanswered Prayers,” a song recorded by Garth Brooks in late 1989 that became a hit in 1991. The song describes ...

Springtime in Barbour

Hello from Barbour County. Spring is in the air. The first day of spring is March 20. Winter never lasts forever. Don’t forget to “spring ahead” this weekend. Daylight Savings Time will be March 9 at 2 a.m. This is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors. They save lives. There will be a Winter Fair at Battler’s Knob on March 14 from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and March 15 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. There will be great food, entertainment, crafts and more. Come on out for a fun time. There will be a Buckwheat Feed on March 15 at Asbury UM Church fom 8 ...