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107 entries set for Grand Feature Parade

ELKINS – Today's Mountain State Forest Festival's Grand Feature Parade will feature 107 entries, including floats, vehicles and marching bands. The 88th MSFF Grand Feature Parade will kick off at 1:30 p.m. and run from South Davis Avenue to the Randolph County Courthouse on Randolph Avenue. The Industrial Unit & Log Truck Division will begin at 1 p.m., before the official start of the parade. An Antique Cars Division will follow at 1:15 p.m. The following is the official lineup for the 2026 MSFF Grand Feature Parade: Industrial Unit & Log Truck Division – 1 p.m. 1. Twin A ...

Log-A-Load auction benefits WVU Children’s Hospital

ELKINS - Each year during the Mountain State Forest Festival, local residents involved in the logging industry come together to raise money for WVU Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital in Morgantown.    The annual Mountain Loggers Group Ted Harriman Memorial Log-A-Load for Kids takes ...

Man arrested in Upshur after online tip

BUCKHANNON - A tip from an online “child predator sting influencer” led to the arrest of a man in Upshur County, police said. Richard Franklin Wood, 55, has been charged with soliciting a minor via computer, and attempted use of minors in filming sexually explicit conduct, both ...

Scenes from the MSFF Children’s Parade

This Week in WV History

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Oct. 4, 1890: A traveling circus arrived in Alderson. While in town, the show’s lioness gave birth to cubs. Susan Bebout, wife of a ...

Autumn Royalty

ELKINS - Maid Silvia LXXXVIII Emma Grace Snyder will descend Coronation Hill to receive her crown today, wearing “the most royal color of velvet that has never been tried!” A brilliant hammered-gold velvet was used at the request of 2026 Mountain State Forest Festival Director General ...