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Local bank to fully fund City Hall restoration

ELKINS — Mountain Valley Bank will provide "permanent financing" for the restoration of Elkins City Hall after the Elkins City Council accepted the bank's funding proposal. During the council's June 11 meeting, all nine present council members voted in favor of Resolution 1931, which accepted and approved "a proposal from Mountain Valley Bank for financing of the City Hall renovation project." First Ward Council member Robert Chenoweth was absent from the meeting. Elkins City Hall has been closed for restoration and recovery work since Aug. 31, 2024, after a sewage overflow incident ...

Girls State participants help with fundraiser

ELKINS - Participants with Rhododendron Girls State teamed up with the Interact Children's Museum on Thursday to paint stars on the sidewalks in front of businesses in downtown Elkins. The painting was part of ICM's 'Stars, Stripes, and Smiles' fundraiser and served as a service project for ...

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. June 14, 1912: Botanist Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Bartholomew was born in Wheeling. Bartholomew was instrumental in ...

Elkins Kiwanis Club Raising Funds

Man killed in workplace accident in Upshur County

BUCKHANNON - The Upshur County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal workplace accident that happened at Appalachian Forest Products on Tuesday afternoon. According to a press release posted on the Upshur County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, deputies responded to a report of an industrial accident at the facility at approximately 3 p.m. The press release states that emergency personnel located Michael D. Martin, 73, of Mannington upon arrival and that he had sustained fatal injuries as a result of the incident. Martin was pronounced deceased at the scene and circumstances ...

Woman charged as accessory after the fact

MILL CREEK — A Randolph County woman is charged with being an accessory after allegedly helping a man she knew was wanted for multiple felonies. Sara Elizabeth Nelson, 34, of Mill Creek, is charged with one count of accessory after the fact, a felony. She is currently being held at the ...