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WVWC honors two 50-year employees

BUCKHANNON — West Virginia Wesleyan College recently recognized employees’ years-of-service milestones, as well as two employees who have served the College for 50 years, leaving a lasting impact. Dr. Kathy Gregg, who already received her retirement gift when she retired from full-time ...

What to watch for as lanternflies spread

MORGANTOWN - A fast-spreading invasive insect that can damage crops and trees has been reported in 21 West Virginia counties, posing what a West Virginia University expert calls a “serious economic threat” to the state’s agricultural industries. The spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest ...

Statewide Winners

Submitted photo The Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church After School Program students participated in the Emma Scott Garden Club Youth Poetry Contest and received many honors, including at the statewide level. From left, Lola Douglas, first-grade student at Third Ward Elementary School, won ...

Commission to offer refunds for ambulance fee

ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission announced this week that it will be submitting refunds to residents who paid the new special ambulance fee before it was suspended this month. At its previous meeting on July 2, the RCC voted to suspend the fee after the West Virginia State Tax Department expressed objections to the fee ordinance, which the Commission approved back in April. The County Commission has reached out to the state attorney general to seek advice on the service fee. "As you know, at our last meeting we suspended the special emergency ambulance service fee pending a ...

Man sentenced in stabbing incident

ELKINS — A man who stabbed a co-worker at a Japanese restaurant last year was sentenced to one to five years in prison this week. Shi Span Pink, 49, was sentenced by Randolph County Circuit Court Judge David Wilmoth to no less than one, nor more than five years in prison for one count of ...

Man charged after officers find gun in his possession

ELKINS — A Randolph County man faces a felony gun charge after allegedly informing police and parole officers that he had a gun in his home. Richard Logan Vest Jr., 30, is charged with one count of persons prohibited from possessing firearms, a felony. He is currently being held at the ...