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Philippi, Parsons to receive water funding

CHARLESTON – Construction of a reservoir in Barbour County and water line improvements in Tucker County are among the projects to receive state funding to support water systems. Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council approved more than $1.15 million in funding and financing for three water and sewer infrastructure projectsm in Kanawha, Tucker and Barbour counties. In Barbour County, the City of Philippi was awarded an additional $165,000 to help construct a reservoir along Little Laurel Run in Barbour County that will ...

Randolph County Democracy Dinner set for June 13

ELKINS- The Randolph County Democratic Party will host its annual Democracy Dinner Saturday, June 13th, at the Wingate at Wyndham in Elkins beginning at 6 p.m. The event will celebrate 250 years of democracy, featuring keynote speaker West Virginia House of Delegates Minority Leader Sean ...

America at 250: Chaos in the run-up to Civil War 

Editor’s note: Information on the Civil War is well-known, but what about some of the factors that led to its start? This week, we examine some of those issues and how, after years of growing tensions, the nation went to war with itself. The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United States were planted many years before the Civil War would tear the country apart.  "For the newly independent United States, the first order of business was to establish a national government," explained Roger Micker, president of the Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable. "From1781 ...

Concerns raised about America 250 plans

CHARLESTON – A new task force planning celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is not competing with a commission created by the Legislature five years ago to do the same thing, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. During a press conference Thursday ...

Community Calendar

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. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: The First Church of Christ will hold its annual Vacation Bible School on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the first month of June (June 3, 10, 17 and 24) and the first Wednesday in July (July 1). Children ages three to 18 can attend. Bring your friends, brothers, sisters, neighbors, cousins and anyone you know. There is room for ...

Details provided on proposed Greenbrier loan

CHARLESTON – Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and his family provided a redacted term sheet for a possible new loan to pay off remaining debts owed by the Greenbrier Resort and related properties to a federal judge by a Wednesday deadline while seeking to keep other details private. In a filing late Wednesday, attorneys for the Justice family submitted a redacted term sheet to U.S. District Court Judge Frank W. Volk for a pending new financing agreement announced last week by the Justices in order to pay off the remaining loan debt on the Greenbrier properties owed to White ...