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Tygarts Valley Conservation District hosting hay class

PHILIPPI - The Tygarts Valley Conservation District Office will host a hay techniques, testing, and discussion class on Tuesday at the organization's main office. The session, which will begin at 6 p.m., will be presented by Gene Hovatter from Higher Knowledge Farms in Moatsville and will cover clear and simple steps that can make hay work easier and more efficient. The instructional class will be useful for beginners as well as those who have been making hay for years. Topics that will be covered include basic bale size, shape, and moisture content. There will also be a discussion ...

Maplewood Cemetery ready for Memorial Day

Memorial Day 2026 is on Monday, May 25. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated after the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Today, we continue to celebrate Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings, and participating in parades to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. One important Cemetery in our area is Maplewood Cemetery, a historic 57-acre nonsectarian burial ground now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of ...

Randolph BOE to vote on Proximity Learning

ELKINS - The Randolph County Board of Education will vote on whether or not to make Proximity Learning available to all students in the school district at its next regular meeting. Proximity Learning is a virtual education model that pairs live, certified remote teachers with students in grades K-12. Proximity Learning's Jason Butcher and Ken Lester gave an informational presentation to the Randolph BOE at Tuesday's regular meeting. Interim Superintendent Terry George introduced the two representatives from Proximity Learning to the Board of Education and recommended that a vote item ...

Special Ceremony

ELKINS — The City of Elkins held a ceremony with several former mayors for the unveiling of a plaque listing all Elkins mayors since the city’s founding. On Wednesday, the City of Elkins unveiled a new plaque to memorialize all the mayors Elkins has had since 1890, when the city was ...

House of Delegates meets for informational meetings

CHARLESTON - With last week's primaries seeing several incumbent members of the West Virginia House of Delegates lose their elections, House members came to the State Capitol Building Monday for a series of two-day meetings. Legislative interim meetings for both the House and the state Senate ...

Lawmakers briefed on new SAFE child welfare case system

CHARLESTON – Child welfare officials in West Virginia are slowly rolling out a new system for evaluating cases in the hopes of keeping more families together while focusing resources on at-risk children. Kendra Boley Rogers, deputy commissioner for the state Bureau for Social Services, ...