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ELKINS — The City of Elkins asks residents to sign up for emergency alerts. Residents with mobile phones can receive important alerts including weather warnings and water outages. They will also receive reminders about changes to city services due to holidays. Please sign up at https://cityofelkinswv.com/alerts/. The City’s Sanitation Department announces that for October 2025, the free monthly bulk item pickup (one large item, such as an appliance, TV, or mattress) schedule is as follows: For October: Thursday: Thursday, Oct. 23 Friday: Friday, Oct. 24 For ...

Community Calendar

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Inter-Mountain’s Community Calendar is reserved for nonprofit, civic organizations. Unless otherwise noted, events listed should be considered free and open to the public. Entries appear in chronological order and as space allows. WEDNESDAY PICKIN’: The Augusta Heritage Center’s weekly acoustic music jam sessions are now taking place at Armadillo Flats at C.J. Maggie’s Restaurant on Davis Avenue in Elkins throughout the fall and winter months. The country music jam sessions will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., while the old-time music jam sessions will be ...

Alumni Association announces 2025 honorees

MORGANTOWN — During West Virginia University Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 24-25, the WVU Alumni Association will honor recipients of the 2025 Homecoming and Alumni Service Awards. Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal Dr. Clay Marsh (’81, ’85), chancellor and executive dean for WVU Health Sciences, will serve as the grand marshal for the 2025 Homecoming Parade at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, on High Street in downtown Morgantown. Known for his calm, compassionate leadership and steadfast dedication to the people of West Virginia, Dr. Marsh has become one of the state’s most trusted ...

ERCC nurse receives certification

ELKINS — For as long as she can remember, Diana Smith wanted to be a nurse. And now the ERCC employee continues to improve on her lifelong goal by obtaining additional certification. Smith recently completed a course and has received her Resident Assessment Coordinator certification (RAC-CT), said Tara Shaver, ERCC Administrator. Smith works with families to create a care plan for those in short-term care at ERCC, Shaver added. “We’re extremely pleased that Diana obtained this certification noting that it is a dificult course to complete,” Shaver said. “It’s another way ...

Community Calendar

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Inter-Mountain’s Community Calendar is reserved for nonprofit, civic organizations. Unless otherwise noted, events listed should be considered free and open to the public. Entries appear in chronological order and as space allows. REVIVAL: There will be a revival at Christ’s Church, Thursday, Oct. 16, Friday, Oct. 17, and Saturday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. Pastors Rick and Brenda Wyatt welcome the public to attend. Come to church. BUCKWHEAT FEED: Asbury United Methodist Church in Belington will be having a buckwheat feed on Saturday, Oct. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon. ...

Sarah’s Backyard Country Creations cuts ribbon

ELKINS — The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber proudly hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 23 to celebrate the grand opening of Sarah’s Backyard Country Creations, a food truck business owned and operated by Sarah and Danny Phillips of Jimtown. The ribbon cutting was held at the Dakan ...