ELKINS - Emergency workers performed water rescues in both Randolph and Barbour counties Sunday after severe storms caused flooding in the local area. Flooding in the Montrose area of Randolph County area forced officials to rescue a family who were stranded in their home by high water, ...
ELKINS — A grand jury will hear a case involving a Randolph County man accused of allegedly cashing an already deposited check that belonged to a deceased man. Richard Allan Manuel, known as "Opie," 53, is charged with one count of forging or uttering other writing, a felony. He is ...
PARSONS – All three Tucker County commissioners entered not guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges in circuit court Tuesday morning. Tucker County Commission President Michael William Rosenau, Commissioner Frederick J. Davis Jr., and Commissioner Timothy Paul Knotts are each charged with one misdemeanor count of unauthorized expenditure by a local official. Presiding over Wednesday's hearing was Judge H. Charles Carl III, who is appointed to the 26th Judicial Circuit of Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton counties, and has been assigned by a West Virginia Supreme Court Administrative Order ...
CHARLESTON - Governor Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday afternoon declared a State of Emergency for all 55 West Virginia counties following a new round of severe storms that brought excessive rainfall, flash flooding, mudslides, damaging winds, and widespread water rescues to communities across the state. “West Virginians have been hit by another round of severe weather at a time when many communities are still recovering from last month's storms,” said Governor Morrisey. “This declaration gives our emergency responders, state agencies, and local officials the flexibility they need to ...
ELKINS - Longtime Randolph County Clerk Brenda Wiseman has announced that she will be retiring from her position effective on Sept. 1. Wiseman, who has held the title of county clerk for the past 20 years, plans to spend more time doing the things she loves after she officially calls it quits. "I'm at the age where I can draw my full retirement, so after 35 years and five months here, I'm going to do it," Wiseman said. "I plan on spending more time with my family and maybe do a little traveling. I just don't want to work until I'm 80." Wiseman started ...
Submitted photo The 2026 Wild and Wonderful Country Fest attracted music lovers to the Davis & Elkins College campus Saturday for a fundraising concert to benefit the Elkins/Randolph County YMCA. The all-day festival took place at the Citizens Bank of West Virginia Amphitheatre.
