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City carried over $1M+ from last year

ELKINS — Elkins City Council voted to reallocate more than $500,000 in the General Fund Budget after the City carried over more than $1 million from the prior fiscal year. During Council's most recent meeting, seven present council members voted to revise the City of Elkins Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Budget to account for an additional $531,594 in surplus funds left unspent from Fiscal Year 2026. First Ward Council member Cody Kerns, Second Ward representative Michael Hinchman and Fourth Ward member Andrew Carroll were absent from the meeting. In March, Council approved a ...

Upshur flood relief Distribution Center closing Sunday

BUCKHANNON – Officials have announced they will close the Distribution Center at West Virginia Wesleyan College — where donated disaster relief supplies have been stored since the deadly flooding of July 21 — on Sunday afternoon. The coordinated Distribution Center at the Auxiliary Gym ...

This Week in WV History

CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Aug. 2, 2009: Golfers Sam Snead and Bill Campbell became the first two inductees into the West Virginia Golf Hall of ...

Injured owl flying high again

BOWDEN - A barred owl with substantial injuries received a new lease on life thanks to an observant motorist who noticed the injured bird alongside the roadway. Earlier this spring, Elkins resident Russell Corley was driving to Elkins from Bowden on Route 33 when he saw a large bird on the ...

Lurch Fest expecting big crowd Saturday

PHILIPPI — For the past five years there has been one day each summer when it was normal for those visiting the city of Philippi to be creepy, kooky, mysterious, and sometimes spooky.    That day has once again crept up on Barbour County and will take place Saturday, with the sixth annual Lurch Fest, a one-day event that has become one of West Virginia's most popular festivals.    "Lurch Fest is a really quirky event where you might see a little bit of everything," said Lurch Fest Committee Chair Tammy Stemple. "A lot of people dress up and come out to have a good time. It's a ...

Landmark Baptist Church celebrates 35 years

ELKINS — The Landmark Baptist Church of Elkins celebrated its 35 years of ministry in the community with a cookout after services on Sunday. The church, which was founded by Dr. Kenneth Shiflet in 1991, began as a mission work fully supported by Landmark Baptist Church of Richmond, the Atlantic Baptist Bible Fellowship, and 16 other Baptist churches. The church's first service took place on July 21, 1991, and was conducted by Shiflet to a congregation of 15 at the Odd Fellows Lodge. The church moved to a conference room at the Econo Lodge several weeks later, before meeting in a ...