CHARLESTON - Officials with the West Virginia Department of Health are working quickly to make sure the nearly $200 million first-year award for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program is obligated by an Oct. 31 deadline, but lawmakers had questions about current contracts. Dr. Arvin ...
ELKINS — Probable cause has been found in the case of a Barbour County woman accused of attempted murder after allegedly shooting another woman in the face during an altercation near Pickens. Regina Lea Collette, 45, of Philippi, has been charged with attempted murder, a felony. She is ...
BUCKHANNON — Officials announced Monday afternoon that Substantial Damage Determinations will begin this week in Upshur County for homes and businesses affected by the severe flooding of July 21. “Local officials previously conducted Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) to estimate the overall extent and impact of storm‑related damages,” a joint release from the City of Buckhannon and Upshur County stated. “PDAs are separate from the Substantial Damage Determination process. Substantial Damage Determinations will be carried out by the Upshur County Commission and the City ...
BUCKHANNON — The Upshur County Disaster Recovery Center (DRC), located at 21 E. Main Street, will close for the remainder of today due to inclement weather, officials said. At this time, the DRC is expected to reopen Wednesday under its regular operating hours (7 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Officials will continue to monitor conditions and provide updates if anything changes.
ELKINS - Booming thunder woke many area residents in the early morning hours Tuesday as storms passed through the region. Some areas of Randolph County received close to two inches of rain between midnight and residents' early morning commutes, according to the National Weather Service in Charleston. "It seems like on average, we received at least an inch and a quarter (of rain overnight) with some locally higher spots that were close to two inches," Megan Kiebler, the lead meteorologist for the NWS in Charleston, told The Inter-Mountain Tuesday. "Those storms that ...
ELKINS – An Elkins woman is facing felony charges after being accused of abusing three juveniles. Sara R. Daniels, 36, of Elkins, has been charged with three counts of child abuse resulting in injury, a felony, and one count of strangulation, also a felony. She is being held in the ...
