ELKINS – About 60 people attended a packed informational meeting about Randolph County's new EMS service fee Wednesday morning at the West Virginia Wood Technology Center. The meeting was scheduled to run for just 30 minutes, from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., but was extended another 10 minutes to ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Community Calendar is reserved for nonprofit, civic organizations. Unless otherwise noted, events listed should be considered free and open to the public. Entries appear in chronological order as space allows. ELKINS FARMERS MARKET: Open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon behind the Railroad Depot in Elkins. Parking can be found behind the Center Branch Church (formerly the Summit Church) buildings. The market consists of a large variety of vegetables during the growing season, eggs, cakes, cookies, jams, breads, flowers, crafts and many more items. ART OF ...
BUCKHANNON - Buckhannon-Upshur High School was placed on a "precautionary hold" Tuesday morning due to a custody dispute incident. The precautionary hold period began at about 11:45 a.m., and students were back in class by 1 p.m., officials said. The following message was issued by Upshur County Schools regarding the incident on Tuesday: “Today, school administration and law enforcement responded to a custodial issue at BUHS. Out of an abundance of caution, local law enforcement assisted school personnel in addressing the matter and ensuring the safety of students and staff. "We ...
ELKINS - A grand jury will hear a case involving a Randolph County man who allegedly drove with a revoked license and stole a woman’s vehicle. Ricky Ray Seabolt, 60, of Elkins, is charged with one count of driving revoked third offense, a felony. He has also been separately charged with one count of grand larceny, also a felony. Seabolt is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on an $8,000 cash-only bond. Seabolt appeared in Randolph County Magistrate Court with attorney Gregory Tingler. While there, Seabolt waived his right to a preliminary hearing, moving his case ...
ELKINS – The Randolph County Board of Education auctioned off the former North Elementary School building and its property Monday evening to an Elkins physician who was sentenced to federal prison earlier this year, officials confirmed. The BOE accepted the auction bid of $638,000 from Dr. ...
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s 55 county public school districts saw their largest combined drop in student enrollment since the period spanning the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to numbers released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Education, the fall headcount ...
