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Sitting Still for His First Haircut

The Inter-Mountain photo by Joe Blankenship Sitting still like a little gentleman, 17-month-old Hudson Wagler lets Angela Jones, owner of Angela's Clipper Shack in Beverly, cut his hair while his dad, Larry Wagler, holds him. This was Hudson's first-ever haircut.

Tygart Valley United Way donates $20K

ELKINS – Tygart Valley United Way is proud to announce a $20,000 founding gift to Interact Children's Museum in support of the museum's Founding 150 Campaign, helping bring an exciting new destination for children and families to North Central West Virginia. The investment represents more ...

Man arrested after driving through barricade in Upshur

BUCKHANNON – An Upshur County man was arrested Sunday for driving through a barricaded section of flood-damaged road, Sheriff J. Michael Coffman said. On Sunday, "deputies with the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office arrested Larry Christopher Alderman, 53, of French Creek, West Virginia, ...

Officials: Flooding destroyed 33 homes in Upshur, Lewis

BUCKHANNON – Last week's flooding in Upshur and Lewis counties destroyed 33 homes, West Virginia's Senate and Congressional representatives said in a letter to President Donald Trump. The letter, dated Saturday and signed by Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, both R-West ...

NWS confirms tornado touched down in Barbour

PHILIPPI - The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Barbour County last week during the severe storms of July 21.  The NWS has issued preliminary assessments of five tornadoes that touched down in West Virginia during the storm, including one along Taylors Drain Road in Barbour County, which is five miles north of downtown Philippi.      "There was a tornado that we surveyed on last Tuesday (July 21) that trekked along Taylors Drain Road and then right along the Appalachian and Ohio Railroad," National Weather Service Meteorologist Harrison ...