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Truck Rolls in the Rain

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley A firefighter with the Elkins Fire Department, left, directs traffic around a single-vehicle accident on Ward Road in Randolph County in the rain Wednesday morning. A work vehicle from Terra Flora Landscaping rolled on its side just before the entrance ...

U.S. strikes Iran after Army helicopter downed

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. Tehran vowed to respond. The strikes were “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” U.S. Central Command said on social media. Iranian state media reported that explosions were heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane that Iran has effectively closed during the war, before saying the wave of American ...

Father Grassi to be honored

TUCKER COUNTY - Father Timothy Grassi, former Pastor of the Catholic community in Tucker County, will be returning on Sunday, June 14 to celebrate his Silver Jubilee as a priest. The parishioners from St. Thomas Aquinas in Thomas and Our Lady of Mercy in Parsons are warmly invited to attend ...

27 states take part in tax credit program

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced that 27 states have elected to participate in the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) program, which enables eligible taxpayers to claim a federal tax credit for qualified contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) providing scholarships for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses. For taxpayers to claim the tax credit of up to $1,700, they must contribute to an SGO located in a state that elects to participate in the FSTC program and submits a list of qualified SGOs. State participation in the ...

Fleeing case headed to grand jury

ELKINS — A Randolph County grand jury will hear the case of a Barbour County man accused of fleeing from police while drunk, trying to take an officer’s gun and threatening to kill an EMT. Jonathan Nicholas Durking, 26, of Belington, is charged with one count of attempt to disarm an ...

D&E hosting American Legion Auxiliary Rhododendron Girls State

ELKINS – Davis & Elkins College is welcoming members of the American Legion Auxiliary Rhododendron Girls State to the school's campus this week. More than 200 rising high school seniors will be in attendance for the session which will run through Saturday, June 13. The week-long summer ...