CHARLESTON - Much of the West Virginia Culture Center – home to the State Museum, archives and “Mountain Stage” – is closing ahead of its second major renovation since opening its doors more than 50 years ago. In a statement provided over the weekend, newly appointed Department of ...
Joni Morris had no idea she would stumble upon an ancient graveyard behind Bass Pro Shops on Lawless Road in Morgantown, let alone her own family’s. She said the Breakiron cemetery is about a quarter of the acre it should be, per the cemetery deed, and there’s a sediment pond within 60 ...
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 ...
ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission approved a funding request from the Mountain State Forest Festival during its regular meeting this week. Mountain State Forest Festival Executive Director Heidi Bray gave a presentation to the Commission and requested the amount of $10,000 from budgeted RCC funds. "The money will help offset costs for all events, and in between this year and next year, we are looking to purchase more folding chairs, the white folding ones," Bray said. "We have approximately 150 and some of them have been damaged and are sitting in the trash pile." Commissioners ...
ELKINS - Davis & Elkins College alumni are gearing up to return to the campus they called home, where they built lasting friendships and began journeys to answer their life callings. The annual Homecoming Weekend celebration is set to take place Sept. 25-27 on the college grounds and throughout Elkins. “Homecoming is a special tradition that reminds us that no matter how many years have passed, the connection to D&E remains strong,” said Director of Alumni Engagement and Support Wendy Morgan ’12. “It brings alumni back to campus, reconnects friends as they share memories and ...
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 ...
