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Pirner joins Elkins Rotary Club

The Rotary Club of Elkins has welcomed Bob Pirner as a new member. Pirner, a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam Era, spent his career leading non-profit organizations and fundraising.  Following college graduation, he served as a member of the President’s Council at Sinte Gleska University on ...

Community Calendar

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Community Calendar is reserved for nonprofit, civic organizations. Unless otherwise noted, events listed should be considered free and open to the public. Entries appear in chronological order as space allows. OLD TIME MUSIC: Join in the first and third Mondays, 7-9 p.m. at The Arts Center in Elkins for an Old Time Music Session. Beginning musicians are encouraged to join in. Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, bass are welcome. Participants enter through the back door. Contact dp-foot@hotmail.com. ELKINS FARMERS MARKET: Open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to ...

Area religion activities

Parish House Announcements, Buckhannon On the parish calendar: Sisters group meets at 9 a.m. Tuesdays at Irons Chapel, Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, for all ladies who wish to grow in their Christian walk. Pam Walling serves as facilitator. Study Group will be 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in Godwin Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. Pastor Steve Meadows leads a discussion of Max Lucado’s “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Need.” All are welcome to join the conversation The Clothes Closet, located behind the Parish House at 47 Sedgewick St., welcomes ...

EMS levy to be on November ballot

ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission approved an excess levy for the Randolph County Ambulance Authority this week. Commissioners David Kesling, Cris Siler and Kenna Barger unanimously approved running the levy, which will be placed on the election ballot for the November General Election.  In April, the Commission approved a Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee Ordinance, but then suspended the fee last month, just after it went into effect. Their decision to suspend the fee came after the state Tax Department informed commissioners that the fee violated the streamlined sales ...

This Week in WV History

CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Aug. 9, 1916: A storm front from the northwest dumped nearly six inches of rain in less than five hours on the headwaters ...

All 3 Tucker Commissioners charged

PARSONS — All three Tucker County Commissioners have been charged with misdemeanors after allegedly misusing county funds for personal purchases. Tucker County Commission President Michael William Rosenau, Commissioner Frederick J. Davis Jr., and Commissioner Timothy Paul Knotts were each ...