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Local raptor specialist fighting to keep bald eagle

ELKINS - Imagine having nurtured and become close friends with an animal that has been by your side for the past 11 years. Now imagine being notified that the animal will be taken away from you in three months. That's exactly what local raptor specialist Jo Santiago was told will happen with ...

Furry Friends Frolicking

ELKINS - More than 30 furry friends were on display at the annual Mountain State Forest Festival Pet Show and Parade of Pets Monday evening. Attended by Maid Silvia LXXXVIII Emma Grace Snyder, Maids of Honor Kendall Rayann Corley and Grace Elizabeth Parsons, members of the minor court and the ...

Opposing visions for energy future presented

CHARLESTON – A packed hearing Monday before the West Virginia Public Service Commission saw two different arguments presented regarding proposed rules dealing with coal-fire power in the state connected to the 2025 bill meant to attract data centers. The Public Service Commission (PSC) held ...

Fish fry fundraiser set for Friday

BUCKHANNON – A special “fish fry” fundraiser will be offered this week in Upshur County. Almost Heaven BBQ Bash will present an “All You Can Eat Fish Fry” on Friday from 4-7 p.m. at the Bicentennial Inn, located at 90 E Main Street in Buckhannon. The menu will include pollock fish, fries, hushpuppies, baked beans, dessert and water. Take-out orders will be available, but will not be “all you can eat,” officials said. The event will be a fundraiser for the Almost Heaven BBQ Bash and related activities. There will be a cost for adults, and a lesser cost for kids 12 and ...

Hope on Wheels presents $100K donation

MORGANTOWN – Young patients put colorful hand prints on a white Hyundai palisade in front of WVU Medicine Golisano Children's. And Hyundai's Hope on Wheel program presented Children's Blood Disorders & Cancer Center a grant of $100,000 to support the hospital's mission. This was the ...

Barbour man sentenced to up to 50 years

PHILIPPI - A Barbour County man was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for sexual abusing a child for five years, officials said Tuesday. Roscoe Jackson Keener, 77, was sentenced by Barbour County Circuit Court Judge Thomas B. Hoxie to two consecutive terms of not less than five nor more ...