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Highmark program aims to help members earn GEDs

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PARKERSBURG — The importance of employment and career on an individual's health and wellness, as well as the impact of a high school diploma on earning potential, is the focus of a program aimed at helping people earn their GEDs. Highmark Health Options West Virginia recently launched GEDWorks, an educational support program designed to help eligible members earn their General Educational Development credential at no cost. The program is available to qualifying HHO members throughout West Virginia, according to a release from Highmark Health Options. Eligible members receive ...

Capito learns about WV211 services

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CHARLESTON - U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Monday learned more about the services offered by West Virginia 211, the program operated by the state’s United Way chapters that connects people to state and federal resources and assistance. Capito, R-W.Va., toured the Charleston offices of ...

Lawsuit filed after National Forest well explosion

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MARIETTA, Ohio — A Monroe County man who suffered catastrophic burns in a 2025 orphan well explosion in Wayne National Forest is suing the drilling and cementing companies involved, alleging their safety failures caused the blast. Chazz Bates filed the civil complaint Aug. 21 in Washington ...

Shutting Down Lanes

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The Inter-Mountain photos by Taylor McKinnie The state Division of Highways works on road repairs on a stretch of Randolph Avenue in Elkins. The DOH announced there would be temporary lane closures all this week on Harrison Avenue, 11th Street and Randolph Avenue from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Injunction filed to halt Corridor H construction

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WARDENSVILLE – Citizen and environmental groups have filed a federal injunction to halt construction on a new section of Corridor H, just weeks after the state awarded a contract to build it. The Stewards of the Potomac Highlands and the Virginia Wilderness Committee filed the motion for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court's Northern District of West Virginia. The move follows the West Virginia Division of Highways awarding an $85.4 million contract in July to begin work on the new section. The lawsuit alleges that the Federal Highway Administration failed to ...

Felony case against Montrose man moving forward

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ELKINS — Probable cause has been found in a felony case involving a Randolph County man accused of illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Andrew Stephen Purdum, 38, of Montrose, is charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, a felony. He is also charged ...