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Man charged after calling 911 to report UFO, zombies at home

MONTROSE — A Randolph County man is facing charges after allegedly misusing the 911 line to report "supernatural" incidents at his home and falsely claiming to be a police officer. Clinton Wayne Nolan, 33, is charged with one count of misuse of the 911 line and one count of impersonation of ...

Campaign seeks to establish dedicated trail crew

ELKINS - The Mon Forest Towns Partnership has announced a fundraising campaign to support the launch of a dedicated seasonal trail crew in the Monongahela National Forest's North Zone beginning in 2027. The three-person seasonal crew will perform a "first pass" of trail maintenance - widening ...

Carter Banks pushes for dismissal in case regarding Greenbrier

CHARLESTON - The former lender to U.S. Sen. Jim Justice that sold off its loan debt for the historic Greenbrier Resort to a Texas-based hotel chain is asking a circuit court judge to dismiss a case brought by the Justice family to halt interference in the hotel. Attorneys for Virginia-based ...

‘Offering to God’ leads to arson charge

HARMAN — A Randolph County man is facing a felony charge after allegedly setting an illegal fire as a "fire offering to God." Emanuel Arthur Huffman, 35, is charged with one count of arson — setting fire on lands, a felony. He was being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $30,000 ...

WV Strawberry Festival Parade

The Inter-Mountain photos by Anthony Gaynor The Buckhannon-Upshur High School Band, above, marches through the 2026 West Virginia Strawberry Festival's Grand Feature Parade in Buckhannon Saturday. In the bottom photo, Sophia Wagoner, the 2026 West Virginia Strawberry Festival Queen, rides a ...

Car Show to be in City Park

ELKINS - Elkins' annual Fourth of July car show event will take place this year in Elkins City Park, officials said. The Randolph County Commission approved a $5,000 funding request from Our Town Inc. during its most recent meeting. Our Town requested the funding to help with the annual Mountain State Street Machine Fourth of July Car Show that will take place on July 4-5. Commissioners David Kesling and Cris Siler approved the request. Our Town volunteer and event organizer Priscilla Gay gave an information presentation to the Commission, starting off by officially announcing that ...