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Capito hails Senate progress on NIL reform

CHARLESTON – A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito to put guardrails around sports name, image and likeness rights is one step closer to full passage in the Senate. Speaking during a conference call with West Virginia reporters from Capitol Hill, Capito said S. 4668, the ...

State arts agency facing fiscal issues

CHARLESTON - Legislative auditors found numerous fiscal and administrative failures in the former West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, issues that are now the responsibility of the Department of Tourism. The Post Audit Division of the Legislative Auditor's Office released a ...

POW/MIA Ceremony

The Inter-Mountain photos by Taylor McKinney The National Anthem and 'God Bless America' were both sang by students with the Highland Adventist School, top photo, during Friday evening's POW/MIA Ceremony at the All Veterans Memorial in Elkins. The opening prayer and benediction were read by ...

EMS principal transfers to teaching position

ELKINS - An unexpected personnel move has left Elkins Middle School without a principal early in the 2026-27 school year.    During the most recent Randolph County Board of Education meeting, the BOE unanimously approved EMS principal Dawn Kittle's transfer to a teaching position at Jenning Randolph Elementary School.      Randolph County Superintendent Dr. Derek Lambert confirmed to The Inter-Mountain that Kittle has taken the teaching job at JRES, and that Elkins High School Athletic Director Ross Ware was substituting in her place as Elkins Middle School principal.    ...

Elkins City Hall re-opening pushed to October

ELKINS — City Hall is expected to re-open on Oct. 5 to the public with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for Oct. 15, officials state. During Elkins City Council's most rexent meeting, Operations Manager Michael Kesecker reported that the re-opening date for Elkins City Hall would have be pushed back again due to a late delivery of ADA-compliant handrails. "We anticipated having the rails on the handicap ramp delivered on Tuesday of this week (Sept. 15) and installed," Kesecker told the Council. "They're being delivered on Tuesday of next week (Sept. 22). So, we can't open the ...

Randolph County 4-H offering fall full of activities

BEVERLY - Randolph County 4-H is kicking off the fall season with many opportunities for youth, families and community members to get involved. The Randolph County 4-H Teen Leaders are once again helping Elkins get ready for the Mountain State Forest Festival by painting colorful leaves on ...