CHARLESTON - U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Monday learned more about the services offered by West Virginia 211, the program operated by the state’s United Way chapters that connects people to state and federal resources and assistance. Capito, R-W.Va., toured the Charleston offices of ...
MARIETTA, Ohio — A Monroe County man who suffered catastrophic burns in a 2025 orphan well explosion in Wayne National Forest is suing the drilling and cementing companies involved, alleging their safety failures caused the blast. Chazz Bates filed the civil complaint Aug. 21 in Washington ...
The Inter-Mountain photos by Taylor McKinnie The state Division of Highways works on road repairs on a stretch of Randolph Avenue in Elkins. The DOH announced there would be temporary lane closures all this week on Harrison Avenue, 11th Street and Randolph Avenue from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
WARDENSVILLE – Citizen and environmental groups have filed a federal injunction to halt construction on a new section of Corridor H, just weeks after the state awarded a contract to build it. The Stewards of the Potomac Highlands and the Virginia Wilderness Committee filed the motion for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court's Northern District of West Virginia. The move follows the West Virginia Division of Highways awarding an $85.4 million contract in July to begin work on the new section. The lawsuit alleges that the Federal Highway Administration failed to ...
ELKINS — Probable cause has been found in a felony case involving a Randolph County man accused of illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Andrew Stephen Purdum, 38, of Montrose, is charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, a felony. He is also charged ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of West Virginia's congressional representatives on Tuesday applauded the passage of the Hershel “Woody” Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act. Congressman Riley M. Moore, R-District 2, said he is happy that the legislation will ensure the National Medal of Honor Monument honoring America’s Medal of Honor recipients is located in a prominent palace on the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. “Woody Williams, who was a constituent of the Second District, is an American hero and legendary West Virginian,” Moore ...
