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EMS Budget Issue

ELKINS — The Randolph County Commission is letting the public know that it will vote on a Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee Ordinance in two weeks. The Ambulance Ordinance would add a 0.4% tax on state taxable sales in the county, in order to help fund the EMS, which officials have ...

Leonhardt to highlight Lincoln Day

ELKINS — West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt will be the keynote speaker at the 2026 Randolph County Republican Executive Committee’s Lincoln Day Dinner. The annual dinner will be Saturday, Aoril 11 at 5 p.m. at the Elks Country Club in Elkins. The social hour will ...

EHS Theatre to offer Shakespeare

ELKINS — The Elkins High School Theatre will premiere its production of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” on Thursday, April 9. The show will run through Saturday, April 11. The Thursday and Friday performances will begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. The Saturday ...

Morrisey finishes session work with 12 vetoes, 10 bills not signed

CHARLESTON — With just 20 minutes to spare before a midnight deadline Wednesday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey finished signing the remaining bills from the 2026 legislative session, vetoing a dozen bills and letting several bills go into law without his signature. In a statement released Thursday ...

Church opens Ambassador Thrift Store in Highland Park

ELKINS — The Ambassador Baptist Church recently expanded its outreach by opening the Ambassador Thrift Store at the church’s location on Kennedy Street in Highland Park. The store is housed in the church’s warehouse and is currently open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...

Felony charge dismissed by magistrate

ELKINS — The case of an Elkins man accused of stealing property from a residence on Country Club Road was dismissed this week in Randolph County Magistrate Court. Eddie Ray Collins, 34, had been charged with one count of entry of a building other than dwelling, a felony. The charge ...