ELKINS - Maid Silvia and part of her royal court were celebrated during the Mountain State Forest Festival's annual Maid Silvia's Luncheon. Maid Silvia LXXXVIII Emma Grace Snyder and her royal minor court were joined by friends, family, Mountain State Forest Festival officials and local ...
ELKINS - Mountain State Forest Festival officials announced Thursday night that the annual outdoor Maid Silvia coronation ceremony will be moved up 90 minutes due to rain being in the weather forecast. "After much discussion and careful consideration, the MSFF has made the decision to move Friday’s Coronation Ceremony to 12:30 p.m.," an official MSFF email stated at 10:02 p.m. Thursday night. "This is 90 minutes earlier than the originally scheduled time of 2 p.m. "We are doing everything we feel is possible to give Coronation the best opportunity to remain outdoors and avoid ...
ELKINS — A Randolph County woman is facing multiple felony fraud charges after allegedly spending more than $50,000 with a stolen debit card. Jessica Fay Michaletz, 36, of Elkins, is charged with 10 counts of fraudulent use of an access device, a felony. She is currently being held at the ...
CHARLESTON — After being selected earlier in September to participate in a new nuclear energy program, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and state energy officials submitted a letter Wednesday night declining to proceed after the governor said the state would not be a dumping ground for waste. The state Office of Energy sent a letter to Marla Morales, the acting deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), stating that West Virginia would be unable to submit a hosting agreement by Wednesday's deadline to be considered for the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program "On ...
CHARLESTON – A firearms auction raised more than $127,000 for 25 state and local enforcement agencies, including ones in Randolph and Tucker counties. State Treasurer Larry Pack today announced his Office took in a total of $127,670 during its 23rd unclaimed property firearms auction conducted Sept. 24 in Charleston. Local agencies to receive funds from the event include the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and the West Virginia State Police's Parsons Detachment. “Ensuring that our law enforcement agencies have the resources they need to keep our communities safe is a top ...
ELKINS - Imagine having nurtured and become close friends with an animal that has been by your side for the past 11 years. Now imagine being notified that the animal will be taken away from you in three months. That's exactly what local raptor specialist Jo Santiago was told will happen with ...
