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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 ...

Powell

Troy and Penni Powell announce the birth of their son, born at 12:38 p.m., Feb. 13, 2026, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Misssouri. The baby boy weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and measured 21 inches long. The baby boy has been named Colesyn Ricky Lee Powell, after Penni’s late father. The ...

55th Anniversary

Danny and Helen Hines of Mill Creek celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Monday, May 25, which was also Helen's birthday. Danny is the son of the late Duane Hines and the late Hazel Cool. Danny is retired. Helen is the daughter of the late Kenneth and the late Arveta Jean Weese. ...

'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 ...

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 ...

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 ...