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‘Out of the Darkness’ Walk set

PHILIPPI — For a third consecutive year, the West Virginia Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is spearheading the Philippi Out of the Darkness Walk set to take place on Sunday, Oct. 12. The walk will take place at the Barbour County Courthouse, and is scheduled to ...

Community funds playground built at Pickens School

PICKENS — The Pickens K-12 School has hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new playground that was community funded and constructed. During the past three years, parents, volunteers, businesses and local organizations came together to purchase and build the new ...

Frost advisory, freeze watch are in place tonight for region

ELKINS — Randolph, Pocahontas, Barbour, Upshur and Tucker counties are under a frost advisory and a freeze watch for tonight and Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Early Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service put out a frost advisory and freeze watch for tonight ...

3 West Virginians confirmed by U.S. Senate

CHARLESTON — Three West Virginians, including one current state senator and one former lawmaker, will take positions in the federal government months after the nominations by President Donald Trump as the federal government remains shut down. In a 51-47 vote Tuesday evening, the U.S. Senate ...

Randolph BOE votes to close Harman, North schools

ELKINS - The Randolph County Board of Education voted Wednesday night to close the Harman K-12 school and North Elementary School. At the end of a three-hour-plus hearing, the BOE voted 4-1 to close Harman, and 5-0 to close North. BOE member Ed Daniels cast the sole vote against closing ...

Charge of arson is dismissed

ELKINS — The case of a Randolph County man accused of attempting to burn down a residence on Harrison Avenue was dismissed this week in Randolph County Magistrate Court. Dylan Joseph Bennett, 25, appeared in Randolph County Magistrate Court for a preliminary hearing Monday afternoon with ...