MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University engineering student with aspirations of developing spacecraft for NASA will study Russian in Kyrgyzstan after earning a prestigious Boren Scholarship, a nationally competitive award that prepares future leaders in national security. Elkins native ...
CHARLESTON - Individuals in Upshur and Lewis counties will receive expedited flood relief, with President Donald Trump agreeing to approve the funding. Additional funding is being requested for other counties effected by last month's flooding and tornados. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Monday afternoon that Trump and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved $4.5 million in expedited Individual Assistance for Lewis and Upshur counties while federal disaster officials review storm damage in five other West Virginia counties. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Community Calendar is reserved for nonprofit, civic organizations. Unless otherwise noted, events listed should be considered free and open to the public. Entries appear in chronological order as space allows. OLD TIME MUSIC: Join in the first and third Mondays, 7-9 p.m. at The Arts Center in Elkins for an Old Time Music Session. Beginning musicians are encouraged to join in. Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, bass are welcome. Participants enter through the back door. Contact dp-foot@hotmail.com. ELKINS FARMERS MARKET: Open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to ...
CHARLESTON - Two days prior to Gov. Patrick Morrisey promoting West Virginia's back-to-school sales tax holiday, the annual School Clothing Allowance program funded through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program went dark, leading lawmakers and advocates to ask why. Morrisey ...
CHARLESTON — Del. Josh Holstein will lead West Virginia's Republicans for a full term, with party leaders delaying consideration of re-opening future primary elections until next year, and voting to distance itself from a former lawmaker accused of sexually exploiting a child. The West ...
BUCKHANNON – Debris pickup continues in flood-ravaged Upshur County, with continuing work provided by the West Virginia Army National Guard and the West Virginia Department of Highways. An empty lot in Buckhannon, located just off Route 48 close to the state Division of Highways building, ...
