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IRS spotlights online services

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today encouraged taxpayers to explore the growing number of IRS.gov online tools that can help them quickly and securely take care of common tax tasks. IRS.gov offers secure, self-service options that can help taxpayers, businesses, and tax professionals get tax information and take action online. These tools can help users access tax records, check refund status, make payments, manage payment plans, view notices, request an Identity Protection PIN, and handle authorization requests. “IRS.gov gives taxpayers secure options to get ...

W.Va. officials order flat budgets for FY28

CHARLESTON – Two months into the new fiscal year, West Virginia is showing a modest tax revenue surplus, but the state’s finances did not trigger a new personal income tax cut and state departments and agencies have been told to maintain flat budgets for the next fiscal year. According ...

Forest Festival’s Bray addresses club

ELKINS - Heidi Bray, executive director of the Mountain State Forest Festival, addressed the Rotary Club of Elkins, giving details of this year’s festival. The inaugural Mountain State Forest Festival was held in 1930, after the Elkins Business Men’s Association and the Elkins Woman’s ...

Barbour County Fair Royalty Crowned

BOE chooses company for North School auction

ELKINS - The Randolph County Board of Education unanimously approved real estate and personal property auction agreements with Kaufman Realty and Auctions for the sale of the former North Elementary School during Tuesday evening's meeting at the Central Office. Randolph County Schools Superintendent Dr. Derek Lambert recommended the approval of the contract with Kaufman as part of an agenda item during the minutes, agreements, and contracts portion of the meeting. It was the second consecutive BOE meeting in which a request for an agreement with Kaufman was part of the agenda. During ...

Two Twisted Smoke Shack employees facing felony charges

ELKINS – Two employees of the Twisted Smoke Shack in Elkins have been arrested in connection to alleged illegal marijuana products. Brandi Nicole Harris, 43, of Beverly, and Megan Raye Daniels, 38, of Beverly, were each charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance ...