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Man charged in stolen copper wire case

ELKINS — A Randolph County man faces a felony charge after allegedly breaking into a company's trailer and stealing $750 of copper wire. Mark Jay Courtney, 47, of Elkins, is charged with one count of entry into a building other than a dwelling, a felony. He is currently being held at the ...

Retired circuit judge Keadle passes

BUCKHANNON – Tom Keadle, a retired circuit judge who served Upshur and Lewis counties, has died. Keadle retired as a circuit judge in 2013. He had been a judge since 1985 and an attorney since 1974. A native of Alderson, Keadle had served four years in the United States Marine Corps, and ...

Fentanyl case going to grand jury

ELKINS - Probable cause was found in the case of a Randolph County man who was allegedly found with drugs while bicycling through Elkins. Eric Lynn Armstrong, 43, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver fentanyl, a felony. He is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on ...

Repairing Third Street

The Inter-Mountain photos by Brad Johnson A section of Third Street in Elkins by the Jennings Randolph Federal Center was closed Wednesday, as a West Virginia Paving crew and a number of City of Elkins workers used heavy machinery to repave the road, which had been the site of numerous ...

W.Va. election officials monitoring rulings

CHARLESTON – The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a partial victory for an executive order placing certain restrictions on mail-in voting, though the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office said those restrictions likely will not affect the November general election. The Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday granting a stay of a lower court injunction of an executive order issued by Trump earlier this year aimed at election integrity. Among other things, Executive Order 14399 – issued by the president in March – directed the U.S. Postal Service to create ...

Retired circuit judge Keadle passes

BUCKHANNON – Tom Keadle, a retired circuit judge who served Upshur and Lewis counties, has died. Keadle retired as a circuit judge in 2013. He had been a judge since 1985 and an attorney since 1974. A native of Alderson, Keadle had served four years in the United States Marine Corps, ...