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ELKINS — Two council committees meet Monday, and Elkins City Council meets Thursday. September bulk pickup begins Monday, and utility and in-city Fire & Rescue Fee bills are due Sept. 20. The Municipal Properties Committee meets Monday at 11 a.m. at the Phil Gainer Community Center. The committee will discuss possible use downtown of traffic lights obtained from state Division of Highways replacement projects, the kickoff of the city’s wayfinding sign project with Mills Group, the downtown sound system, Ellis Avenue right-of-way improvements, and the proposed acquisition of ...

Police Search for Man with Gun

The Inter-Mountain photos by Edgar Kelley and Brad Johnson Officers with the Elkins City Police, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and the West Virginia State Police responded to reports of a male individual with a handgun outside of a daycare center on Kennedy Street in Elkins about 12:45 ...

Woman accused of striking man with oxygen tank

JUNIOR — A woman is facing an assault charge after allegedly striking a male in the head with an oxygen tank in Barbour County. Lena Ann Ross, 41, of Middle River, Maryland, is charged with one count of malicious or unlawful assault, a felony. She is currently being held at the Tygart ...

Police arrest reported armed man, find gun

ELKINS – Police arrested a man who had been reported with a firearm in the Highland Park area Thursday afternoon, and then found the gun he had allegedly been carrying. Kasey Rhyan Stewart, 31, has been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, a felony. He is being held in ...

Moore announces $2 million for Randolph Development District

ELKINS — Congressman Riley Moore announced Friday that $2 million in federal funding has been earmarked in an congressional appropriations bill for the proposed Randolph Development District. Moore, R-District 2, was joined by Randolph County Development Authority Director and state Senator ...

Church to host 100th anniversary celebration

BEVERLY - Special guests and performers will be part of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church's 100th anniversary celebration this weekend.    The church, which is nestled atop the hill next to 4-H Camp Pioneer at the intersection of Mt. Vernon Road and Kings Run Road, first opened its doors in 1926 and has continued to thrive since its inception.    "Mount Carmel, like most churches, struggled for a long time when they first organized," said church pastor Leon Brown. "They were organized in 1926-27, and today the church is sort of toying around about adding another addition. There ...