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Mountain State Street Machines becomes a nonprofit

ELKINS - Our Town Inc. and the Mountain State Street Machines recently combined efforts to offer the community another memorable Fourth of July Celebration. Fresh off the heels of Independence Day success, the organizations have announced that Mountain State Street Machines has become an ...

Missed Deadlines: Greenbrier financing delayed

CHARLESTON – Attorneys for the family of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice said they are close to a deal with a New York-based financier to settle all remaining debts for the historic Greenbrier Resort, but the Texas-based hotel chain holding the Greenbrier’s current debt remains skeptical. Thursday ...

Power Struggle: Comcast, Appalachian Power battling

CHARLESTON – Once again, a major telecommunications company is taking on one of West Virginia’s two electric utilities over the issue of unfair charges for attaching new broadband to poles. Attorneys for Comcast Cable Communications have filed a pole attachment complaint against Appalachian Power with the Federal Communications Commission. The dispute centers on pole attachment fees, with Comcast alleging that Appalachian Power is flouting a prior 2026 FCC order by charging arbitrary percentages for infrastructure replacements. Comcast argues that it should only be responsible ...

Garden Club appoints officers

Submitted photo The Emma Scott Garden Club appointed the following officers for the remainder of the fiscal year. Seated from left are Summer Kirk-Swanson, vice president; Patricia Mayes, president; and Katy Kerns, parliamentarian. Standing from left are Vickie Keller, corresponding ...

Beverly Heritage Day

The Inter-Mountain photos by Joe Blankenship Above, Joseph Mullenax of Montrose demonstrates the art of Blacksmithing during the Beverly Heritage Day celebration Saturday. At right, Liz Stout of Elkins rides Que on her way to deliver the Declaration to Don Teter for a reading during the ...

Officials discuss ownership of EMS property

ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission agreed to conduct a deed search for one of the Randolph County Emergency Squad's stations during its most recent meeting During the meeting, Commission President David Kesling made a motion to do a search in order to transfer the deed of Station 1 to the Randolph County Ambulance Authority. Fellow Commissioner Cris Siler seconded the motion. "Right now Station 1 is deeded to the Randolph County Commission and we are looking to deed that property over to the Randolph County Ambulance Authority board," Kesling said during the meeting. "This gives ...