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Boil Water Advisory issued

ELKINS - The City of Elkins has issued a Boil Water Advisory in effect for Wilson Street, intersecting with Glendale Avenue, Washington Avenue, Lincoln Avenue and Hinkle. To keep yourself and your family safe under a boil-water advisory, please do not drink tap water in the affected area without first boiling it to kill any bacteria or other organisms that may be present in the water. Bring water to a boil, let it boil for one minute, and let it cool before using. Alternatively, use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing ...

Public asked for help in search for missing man

ELKINS - As authorities continue to search for a local elderly man suffering from dementia, Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon has asked for the public's assistance. James Hedrick, 82, was reported missing on Monday after he was last seen leaving Davis Medical Center in his black Subaru ...

Truck Rolls in the Rain

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley A firefighter with the Elkins Fire Department, left, directs traffic around a single-vehicle accident on Ward Road in Randolph County in the rain Wednesday morning. A work vehicle from Terra Flora Landscaping rolled on its side just before the entrance ...

U.S. strikes Iran after Army helicopter downed

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. Tehran vowed to respond. The strikes were “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” U.S. Central Command said on social media. Iranian state media reported that explosions were heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane that Iran has effectively closed during the war, before saying the wave of American ...

Father Grassi to be honored

TUCKER COUNTY - Father Timothy Grassi, former Pastor of the Catholic community in Tucker County, will be returning on Sunday, June 14 to celebrate his Silver Jubilee as a priest. The parishioners from St. Thomas Aquinas in Thomas and Our Lady of Mercy in Parsons are warmly invited to attend ...

27 states take part in tax credit program

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced that 27 states have elected to participate in the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) program, which enables eligible taxpayers to claim a federal tax credit for qualified contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) providing scholarships for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses. For taxpayers to claim the tax credit of up to $1,700, they must contribute to an SGO located in a state that elects to participate in the FSTC program and submits a list of qualified SGOs. State participation in the ...