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Commission re-approves Capitol murals

CHARLESTON - Members of the commission that oversees changes to West Virginia's Capitol Complex held a special meeting Tuesday required under the terms of a settlement in a legal case involving the installation of murals in 2024. The Capitol Building Commission and voted to re-approve the ...

Sunny Day in the Park

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley The Cooper family, from left, Eloise, Nick, Slater, Sarah, and Asher, take a break from the hot sun underneath a tree at Elkins City Park during Saturday's Earth Day celebration and Spring Expo.

$2.2M federal grant announced for closed Elkins library

ELKINS – A $2.2 million federal grant will help officials renovate and expand the Elkins-Randolph County Public Library, a facility which has been closed for more than five years due to water damage. The grant was announced this week by U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development West ...

Police: 77 marijuana plants found in home

BELINGTON — A Barbour County man faces felony charges after police allegedly found more than 70 marijuana plants in his home. Karl Kevin Hill, 62, of Belington, is charged with one count of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and one count of cultivation of marijuana, both ...

Elkins’ Milnes honored as National Heritage Fellow

CHARLESTON – Longtime local historian, archivist and musician Gerald “Gerry” Milnes, of Elkins, has been named a 2026 National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellow, the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The National Heritage Fellow lifetime awards ...

Randolph man charged with intimidation against public officers

ELKINS - More charges, including a felony charge for intimidation against public officers, have been issued against a Randolph County man accused of making repeated non-emergency calls to Randolph County 911. Ernest Ray West, 69, of Beverly, is charged with one count of intimidation of and ...