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Elkins pauses police payroll deduction plan

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 ...

Bridge to be dedicated for WWII hero

KERENS - A bridge on the newly opened Corridor H segment in Randolph County will be dedicated Saturday in memory of a Kerens soldier killed in action in France during World War II. The ceremony renaming the Kerens Bridge Lazy Run as the U.S. Army Pvt. Preston D. Vanscoy Memorial Bridge will ...

Tygarts Valley United Way moving headquarters

FAIRMONT – The Tygart Valley United Way has purchased property for a new headquarters in downtown Fairmont, a move that officials hope will created new opportunities for collaboration to better serve the region. The organization will now be based in a recognizable curved building at 104 Adams Street, previously the home of Bond Insurance. As part of the realignment, Friendship Fairmont will relocate to United Way’s current location. “This is about much more than moving from one building to another,” said Brett White, chief executive officer of Tygart Valley United Way. ...

New ‘Canoe Kiosk’ to be installed in Elkins Railyard

ELKINS - The Mon Forest Towns Partnership is installing a new "canoe kiosk" sculpture in the Elkins Railyard that will be located along Railroad Avenue near the Darden Mill/Appalachian Forest Discovery Center. The Elkins-Randolph County Tourism CVB and the Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of ...

Capito, Justice focus remarks on energy

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – The second day of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 90th Annual Meeting and Business Summit started off with a focus on energy and the state's two U.S. senators suggesting the nation should turn to the Mountain State once again. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito ...

Morrisey touts WV development commitments

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – Gov. Patrick Morrisey came to the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce's 90th Annual Meeting and Business Summit loaded for bear with new and updated economic development announcements representing more than $81 billion in potential investments.  Morrisey was the ...