Pro tip from West Virginia University alum Stephen Jacobs: If you’re launching a spaceship, you need a level head. “When the clock is counting down,” Jacobs said, “it’s like, OK, we have 10 minutes. Eight minutes. Five minutes. Two minutes. You feel the energy in the room rise. You ...
Tammie Rizzio, executive co-director of Youth Health Service, Inc., (YHS) and Hannah Myers, director of the Randolph County Family Support Center (FSC), addressed the Rotary Club of Elkins. The Family Support Center is a Youth Health Service program that is made possible with funding from the ...
ELKINS – Heavy rain on Saturday night into Sunday morning caused high waters to inflict more damage on our region, which was the site of deadly flooding on July 21. On Sunday afternoon, multiple trees were down due to high winds, and several roads were closed by flood waters around the ...
BUCKHANNON — City officials say Buckhannon's parks – which were flooded during the July 21 severe storms - will reopen to the public before Labor Day. The City of Buckhannon announced that Jawbone Park and the North Buckhannon Riverfront Park will officially reopen on Friday, Sept. 4, just in time for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Both parks have been closed since the July 21 flooding to allow for “extensive cleanup, sanitation, and safety assessments,” a City of Buckhannon press release states. “City crews have worked diligently over the past several weeks to restore ...
ELLAMORE – Randolph County officials announced this morning that the Middle Fork River in Ellamore is flooding. A message from the Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and 911 Monday morning stated, “The Middle Fork River in Ellamore has risen to Action stage at 12.77 ft; Flood stage is 13 ft. Anyone living along the river is urged to self evacuate and move to higher ground, flooding is imminent. DO NOT drive through flood waters.”
ELKINS — A grand jury will hear a case involving a Randolph County man accused of allegedly cashing an already deposited check that belonged to a deceased man. Richard Allan Manuel, known as "Opie," 53, is charged with one count of forging or uttering other writing, a felony. He is ...
