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Forecast predicts sun for MSFF opening

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ELKINS – Although rain is in the forecast for the Elkins area through Thursday, sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-60s are predicted for the start of the 88th Mountain State Forest Festival on Saturday. The National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny weather with a high temperature near 64 on Saturday, which will feature the 2026 MSFF Official Opening Ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Jennings Randolph Federal Plaza. The forecast for Sunday predicts mostly sunny skies with a high near 67. Sunday's list of MSFF activities features the annual Parade of Children, with this ...

Commission approves funds for RCDA, EFD

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ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission unanimously approved funding requests from the Randolph County Development Authority and the Elkins Fire Department during its most recent meeting. The request from the RCDA was for the $65,000 in annual funding that the County Commission budgets for the organization each year. "Each year the County Commission budgets money for the Development Authority to help with economic development of the county," Commission President David Kesling said. "We are taking $45,000 out of our development authority line and then $20,000 community development ...

Capito hails Senate progress on NIL reform

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CHARLESTON – A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito to put guardrails around sports name, image and likeness rights is one step closer to full passage in the Senate. Speaking during a conference call with West Virginia reporters from Capitol Hill, Capito said S. 4668, the ...

Club learns about Family Support Center

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ELKINS - Tammie Rizzio, executive co-director of Youth Health Service, Inc., (YHS) and Hannah Myers, director of the Randolph County Family Support Center (FSC), addressed the Rotary Club of Elkins. The Family Support Center is a Youth Health Service program that is made possible with funding ...

State arts agency facing fiscal issues

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CHARLESTON - Legislative auditors found numerous fiscal and administrative failures in the former West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, issues that are now the responsibility of the Department of Tourism. The Post Audit Division of the Legislative Auditor's Office released a ...

Humanities Council grants help communities

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Joni Morris had no idea she would stumble upon an ancient graveyard behind Bass Pro Shops on Lawless Road in Morgantown, let alone her own family’s. She said the Breakiron cemetery is about a quarter of the acre it should be, per the cemetery deed, and there’s a sediment pond within 60 ...