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FEMA meets the public in Upshur

BRUSHY FORK — Upshur County residents were able to ask questions of local and federal officials - including some from FEMA - regarding flood recovery during an open house public meeting. The City of Buckhannon and the Upshur County Commission held the meeting to inform residents about the flood recovery process, such as filing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and to answer questions from residents. The meeting took place at the Event Center in Brushy Fork. At the meeting's start, Buckhannon City Recorder Randy Sanders explained officials wanted to get FEMA ...

Lawsuit seeks injunction to re-open Harman School

HARMAN – A community nonprofit group has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Randolph County Board of Education illegally sold and closed the former Harman K-12 School, and seeks an injunction to re-open the school. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday afternoon in Randolph County Circuit Court by Hometown Hope, which documents describe as a “domestic non-profit corporation.” The suit states the group “is comprised of taxpayers and parents of students of Randolph County Public Schools,” and lists a Harman address for the group. The Randolph County Board of Education and current ...

Pack talks Hope Scholarship, unclaimed property

ELKINS — State Treasurer Larry Pack visited Elkins Thursday evening, speaking with The Inter-Mountain about the success of the Hope Scholarship Program, the increase in the program's participants around the state, how to claim unclaimed property and more. Pack was visiting Elkins to speak ...

Hope Scholarships nearly double locally, statewide

ELKINS – Hope Scholarship participation in Upshur and Randolph counties has roughly doubled over last year, mirroring the trend across the state after a new rule was introduced this year allowing all K-12 resident students to participate. Upshur County Superintendent of Schools Tim Derico has announced that the county's Hope Scholarship participation rose from 146 students last year to 273 this year, nearly doubling. On Sept. 2, Randolph County Schools Superintendent Dr. Derek Lambert gave the Board of Education an update on the county's Hope Scholarship numbers. “Hope ...

Study: Better emergency radio coverage is possible

FRANKLIN – A new federal study finds that better emergency radio coverage in Pocahontas and Pendleton counties is possible without compromising National Radio Quiet Zone protections, county officials said. The study, commissioned by the federal National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency concludes there are ways to improve emergency communications within the Quiet Zone at the Green Bank Observatory and the Sugar Grove Research Station without impacting duties at the sites. “For years, our first responders have done their jobs knowing there are places in this ...

MSFF Tennis Tournament to be played on new surface

ELKINS - Competitors playing in this year's Mountain State Forest Festival Tennis and Pickleball Tournament will be treated to a brand new surface on the courts at Davis & Elkins College.    The tourney, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, has 35 participants signed ...