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Elkins Rotary Club installs officers

ELKINS - The Rotary Club of Elkins welcomed its 2026-2027 officers and governing board members during its regular Monday meeting. Karen Wilmoth was installed as president by outgoing president Phillips Kolsun. Wilmoth previously served as president of the club in 2003-2004 and most recently ...

Peoples Cartage documents show violations

CHARLESTON – As multiple local and state emergency responders work to keep a fire at the Peoples Cartage facility on Camden Avenue contained, a sister facility near the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport was dinged last year by environmental regulators. According to records in the West ...

New diocese bishop installed

WHEELING — As the newly installed Bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese, the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala already had one thing figured out with his new Mountain State mission. It never hurts to quote "Country Roads." Menjivar, who was installed as the 10th Bishop of the diocese ...

Wood Commission briefed about fire efforts

PARKERSBURG – The fire at Peoples Cartage is contained and crews are now focused on putting the fire out, officials told the Wood County Commission on Monday. Local emergency officials and community representatives appeared before the commission to give an update on the fire that broke out ...

Randolph Schools released from State of Emergency

CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously this morning to release Randolph County Schools from the State of Emergency it has been under for the past year. The Randolph County Schools system was placed in a State of Emergency for a six-month period by the WVDE in June 2025 because of its inability to balance the 2026 budget. The state then voted to extend the Randolph County school system’s State of Emergency status for another six months in January of this year. This morning, West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools Michele L. Blatt recommended ...

Pack provides school disqualification details

CHARLESTON – State Treasurer Larry Pack released information this week about why a private school in Beverly has been disqualified from participating in the Hope Scholarship Program. The Hope Scholarship Board, of which Pack is the chairman, announced last week that Tygart Valley Christian Academy had been “permanently disqualified” from participating in the scholarship program due to “financial misconduct.” This week, Pack was quoted by MetroNews as saying that Tygart Valley Christian Academy had failed to repay funds owed back to the Hope Scholarship Program “despited ...