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Busy day in Barbour County

Hello from Barbour County! This Saturday, Sept. 14, the doors open at 10 a.m. at the Belington Volunteer Fire Department for their annual Fall Bash. Tickets are sold out, but if you didn’t get one, don’t worry! For a price at the door, you can get in, enjoy an awesome meal from Smoke ...

Behold the Beauty

ELKINS — Amid the pageantry and parades that are symbolic of our upcoming Forest Festival are other celebrated events that invite our involvement.   One of these is the Log Cabin Quilters Exhibit, which will be featured in the Elkins YMCA during the 86th Mountain State Forest Festival, on ...

Corn Roast is Calling

The Elkins community is in motion as band parents prepare to get hot coals firing in our City Park and bushels of corn purchased for roasting on Saturday, Aug. 24.  This year, 83 students will march across Randolph Avenue to begin their performances for the school year and we hope ...

Semi-pro football kicks off in Barbour today

Hello from Barbour County. Until recently, the weather has been dry. I hope you all have had a chance to get the hay in. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of Keaton McDermott, a recent graduate of Philip Barbour High School who was tragically killed in a car ...

Summer kicks into high gear in Barbour

Hello from Barbour County! The weather has been beautiful lately! I know I am enjoying it. A food give-away in Barbour County takes place every Monday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. at the Junior Town Hall and every Tuesday and Friday from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. at the Golden Rule in ...

Father’s Day Memories

As I begin to rewrite this tribute very early this crisp, cool morning, I think of my father, Eugenio Gamboa Salas. Not only do I think about my father, but also I think of my father-in-law, Henry Blair Tolley. Both are deceased now, but the memories of them live on. My father, ...