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Morrisey appoints Kessinger as Tourism secretary

CHARLESTON – A former Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Fayette County will become the second cabinet secretary of the Department of Tourism, succeeding Chelsea Ruby in the role. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Kayla Kessinger’s appointment Tuesday morning in ...

Jury rules on hospital lawsuit

PARKERSBURG - A federal jury found Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. liable for one count each of civil conspiracy and vicarious liability and awarded Memorial Health System $5 million in compensatory damages. The verdict was reached Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in Wheeling following a trial that began Aug. 5. "Memorial Health System is pleased that after a decade of investigation and appeal a jury has found Camden Clark Medical Center guilty of conspiracy and vicarious liability against Marietta Memorial Hospital," the health system ...

Two Randolph women sentenced for battery incident

ELKINS — Two Randolph County women were sentenced to supervised probation with conditions after they forced their way into an apartment and began fighting with a resident inside in 2025. Destiny Rose McDonald, 26, of Elkins, was sentenced on Aug. 6 by Randolph County Circuit Court Judge David Wilmoth to one year of incarceration for one count of battery and one year of incarceration for one count of destruction of property, both misdemeanors. The sentences are to run consecutively. Wilmoth suspended McDonald's sentences for three years of supervised probation. As part of her ...

Clipped Pole Upright in the Road

The Inter-Mountain photo by Brad Johnson A clipped-in-two electric pole sits upright in the road on Allegheny Highway in Elkins Sunday afternoon. According to scanner traffic, a vehicle hit the pole and then drove off, leading to a police pursuit. The accident delayed traffic, and a repair ...

Crash on Beverly Five-Lane

The Inter-Mountain photo by Taylor McKinnie Emergency crews responded to a vehicle crash on the Beverly Five-Lane in Elkins, near the Tractor Supply store, on Friday afternoon.

Morrisey partners with WVU, Marshall

CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey has focused his attention on water infrastructure issues in southern West Virginia, but a new partnership with the state’s two major universities is intended to help communities all over with obtaining state and federal grant funding for aging water systems. Morrisey announced Wednesday that the state will partner with West Virginia University and Marshall University and the state’s 11 planning and regional development councils to provide technical and grant-writing assistance to cities, counties and public service districts to pull down state ...