ELKINS – Many local residents this week are remembering a 60-year preacher, long-time business owner and former radio announcer who passed away Monday. Kent Price, 80, had just celebrated, on Sept. 6, his 60th year in ministry. He began preaching in Cincinnati in 1966, then later served ...
CHARLESTON – In 2022, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals lifted a block on the Hope Scholarship educational voucher program. Nearly five years later, a different state treasurer will have to defend the program in court once again. State Treasurer Larry Pack released a statement ...
MORGANTOWN – A class action lawsuit has been filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court on behalf of individuals who were unknowingly recorded by cameras hidden in non-public bathrooms at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. The suit was filed Sept. 1 against West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. and West Virginia United Health System Inc. by an individual identified as P.J.P. on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated. On June 26, hospital employees discovered a digital recording device beneath a sink inside a staff restroom. Law enforcement was notified and the device was ...
CHARLESTON – After a campaign led by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia is now being added to a list of states up for consideration for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus, though environmental advocates have concerns. Morrisey – flanked by state Office of Energy Director Nicholas ...
PHILIPPI – Firefighters battled a blaze at a family residence in Barbour County for hours over the weekend. The fire was reported at about 2:58 p.m., according to information shared by the Nutter Fort Fire Department, whose Engine 71 responded along with the Stonewood and Bridgeport fire ...
ELKINS - The City of Elkins has paused its first responder payroll deduction initiative programs after all three Tucker County Commissioners were charged for allegedly misusing funds in a similar program. Elkins Mayor Jerry Marco confirmed with The Inter-Mountain that the City of Elkins has offered a program through which the City's first responders could take a payroll deduction to help pay for items, including, in the case of police officers, their service weapon or personal weapon. Marco said this program had been in place for some time with the City's law enforcement or first ...
