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Castillo honored with Inspiration Award

BUCKHANNON – For Xander Castillo ‘26, his athletic and academic journey at West Virginia Wesleyan College has been full of challenges and setbacks, even a leave of absence from the school. But through his faith and the support of family, friends and campus community, Castillo is set to ...

Justice’s attorneys respond in Greenbrier case

CHARLESTON – Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and his family continue to argue that a Texas-based hotel chain and a Virginia bank colluded to transfer the family’s loan debt on the historic Greenbrier Resort in order to take it away. Attorneys for the Justice family filed a ...

Panel discussion on politics of AI set

CHARLESTON – Berkeley Springs will play host Sunday to a panel discussion to look at the growing use of artificial intelligence – AI – along with the data centers powering the revolution, and the politics that is growing contentious not just in West Virginia, but nationwide.  Tangle ...

Five-Lane Dump Truck Rollover

The Inter-Mountain photo by Anthony Gaynor Emergency personnel responded to a one-vehicle crash along the Beverly Five-lane near Roy's RV Supercenter at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The crash involved a West Virginia Division of Highways dump truck. Emergency personnel on scene said the driver ...

Local bridge and paving projects funded

CHARLESTON — Bridge and paving projects in Randolph, Upshur and Pocahontas counties are among 20 construction contracts awarded to local contractors by the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) this month. On June 4, WVDOH announced it had awarded 20 construction contracts for several bridge replacement and paving projects throughout the state. The contracts were awarded from a bid letting conducted on May 19, WVDOH said in a press release announcing the contracts. "When the Division of Highways has a project that is determined to be best constructed by a contractor, it is ...

U.S. strikes Iran after Army helicopter downed

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. Tehran vowed to respond. The strikes were “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” U.S. Central Command said on social media. Iranian state media reported that explosions were heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane that Iran has effectively closed during the war, before saying the wave of American ...