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Lawmakers clash with DoHS secretary

CHARLESTON - Carl Ayers, the new cabinet secretary of the West Virginia Department of Human Resources, answered questions from lawmakers about delays in the school clothing voucher program, but left lawmakers with more questions.  Ayers was on hand Tuesday afternoon for nearly 90 minutes ...

Flood waters return to region

ELKINS – Heavy rain on Saturday night into Sunday morning caused high waters to inflict more damage on our region, which was the site of deadly flooding on July 21. On Sunday afternoon, multiple trees were down due to high winds, and several roads were closed by flood waters around the ...

Flood warning issued until 6:15 p.m.

ELKINS - A flood warning has been issued for the local area until 6:15 p.m. today. The flood warning, issued by the National Weather Service in Charleston, is for Southeastern Barbour County and Northeastern Randolph County. The warning states that flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

Accident pushes back City Hall move-in

ELKINS — The anticipated move-in date for Elkins City Hall has been postponed until September after an equipment accident damaged the front of the building this week, officials report. During Elkins City Council’s Thursday night meeting, City Operations Manager Michael Kesecker reported ...

Randolph EMS again providing DMC transports

ELKINS - The Randolph County Emergency Squad has returned to making hospital-to-hospital transports from Davis Medical Center, after ending the service one year ago today. Last August, both sides announced that the RCEMS would no longer be providing the transports, and that Health Team Critical Care Transport would be servicing ambulance transports from Davis Medical Center. Randolph County Commission President David Kesling told The Inter-Mountain this week that the Randolph County Emergency Squad has resumed making the transports for DMC. Kesling said that after the county's Special ...