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High court may hear vaccine lawsuit appeal

CHARLESTON - After keeping West Virginia's compulsory vaccine law for school-age children in place last year after a lower court decision tried to block its enforcement, the state Supreme Court of Appeals wants to hear oral arguments in the case and allow Gov. Patrick Morrisey to ...

Marching Bands, Firefighters Honored

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley The Elkins High School Marching Band, above, performs during the Mountain State Forest Festival Jack Basil Band Spectacular Saturday at Tiger Stadium. The Inter-Mountain photo by Taylor McKinnie Savannah Dobbins and Elliott Dobbins, at right, ...

Elkins Operations Manager Keseker resigns position

ELKINS — Operations Manager Michael Kesecker has resigned from the City of Elkins, with his last day scheduled for this Friday. During the City Personnel Committee's meeting Monday afternoon, it was announced that Kesecker had submitted his resignation. The matter had been listed on the ...

Corridor H impact statement release delayed until November

PARSONS – The state has delayed the release of the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Parsons-to-Davis section of Corridor H until November, officials said. The SDEIS had originally been expected to be released on Monday, but officials are now reviewing whether the state adequately evaluated the proposed alignments, as opposed to the “preferred alternatives,” under the National Environmental Policy Act. A public comment period will begin immediately following the release of the SDEIS on Nov. 5, giving residents and environmental groups a chance ...

Man accused of forgery, identity theft

BUCKHANNON — A man has been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly attempting to use a fake ID to withdraw more than $4,000 from another person's bank account. Dorion Keith Butler, 59, is charged with one count of forging or uttering other writing, one count of conspiracy, one count ...

Lunch with Neighbors to celebrate five years

ELKINS - The First United Methodist Church of Elkins will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its Lunch With Neighbors program on Oct. 13 with a free meal that will be open to the public in the church's Family Life Center.    The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Since the program's inception in 2021, it has been serving free meals to the community on multiple days each week.  "The program has really evolved and stabilized, and at our peak, we were doing three servings a week," First United Church Pastor Tim Edin told The ...