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Mountaineers join national service project

Demonstrating the broad reach, strength and dedication of Mountaineer Nation, the West Virginia University Alumni Association is launching its annual national service project to benefit WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s. Now in its third year, the popular Bears and Blankets initiative ...

Father Grassi to be honored

TUCKER COUNTY - Father Timothy Grassi, former Pastor of the Catholic community in Tucker County, will be returning on Sunday, June 14 to celebrate his Silver Jubilee as a priest. The parishioners from St. Thomas Aquinas in Thomas and Our Lady of Mercy in Parsons are warmly invited to attend ...

2026 Leadership Randolph class graduates

ELKINS – The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber is pleased to congratulate the 2026 graduates of Leadership Randolph. This is the fourth class to complete the program since it began in the fall of 2022. The Chamber’s vision for Leadership Randolph is “developing and preparing leaders to ...

27 states take part in tax credit program

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced that 27 states have elected to participate in the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) program, which enables eligible taxpayers to claim a federal tax credit for qualified contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) providing scholarships for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses. For taxpayers to claim the tax credit of up to $1,700, they must contribute to an SGO located in a state that elects to participate in the FSTC program and submits a list of qualified SGOs. State participation in the ...

2026 Maid Silvia Visits Elkins

The Inter-Mountain photos by Linda Howell Skidmore Maid Silvia Emma Grace Snyder, above right, was introduced at a special celebration Sunday at Graceland on the Davis & Elkins College Campus. Snyder was greeted by Mountain State Forest Festival Director General Nathaniel Bonnell, above left. ...

Relay for Life to return after 7 years

ELKINS — For the first time since 2019, the American Cancer Society will present a Relay for Life event in Randolph County on Saturday.    The fundraising tradition, which was put on hold because of COVID in 2020 and then did not resume, will take place at the Elkins Depot Welcome Center on Railroad Avenue and will run from 5 p.m to 11 p.m.     Randolph County Relay for Life Director Becca Talpas told The Inter-Mountain Monday she was happy to see the event return to Elkins.    "We are really excited that Relay for Life is making a return to Randolph County," Talpas ...