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Reader warns of ‘dangerous new era’

As Los Angeles burned for days on end, scientists made an announcement that 2024 was the hottest year on record. With temperatures rising around the globe scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused Climate Change. The firestorms ravaging our country’s second-largest city are just the latest of extreme weather that is growing more furious as well as more unpredictable. Wildfires are highly unusual in Southern California in January, which is supposed to be the rainy season. The same is true for ...

Reader looking forward to Trump inauguration

Well, readers,  Joe Biden has not yet dropped the big bomb I’ve been predicting but he still has till Sunday night to do it. He is so full of hate for those loyalists who booted him out of a second run that he is capable of trying anything.  His farewell speech Monday night had many hidden subtleties that revealed his disappointment with those rats in Congress whom he once considered his friends and mounting hatred for the President-elect and his choice of super-rich individuals he has hired to help undo the Biden stranglehold  on the nation.  Although Netanyahu had ...

Local expert takes Task Force to task

I would like to address an article recently published in The Inter-Mountain regarding a guest speaker who was invited to speak to the Elkins Opioid Task Force, Professor Alfgeir Kristjansson. I do not know Professor Kristjansson, nor am I familiar with his work or research. I do not know who sits on the Task Force. My comments and observations are not intended as a personal attack on the professor or the Task Force members. I must also acknowledge I did not attend the meeting. I will say that from what I read in the article, the professor and I would agree in many areas of ...

Harman resident has a message for BOE

Open letter to the members of the Randolph County Board of Education: Members of the Randolph County Board of Education. Residents of Harman and Pickens are humbled and encouraged by the profound support for our children and communities. We do not gloat over the decision made to keep our schools open, we are grateful. Many of us concluded that we had done all we could, and the rest was in God’s hands. Members of the Board of Education have our deepest respect and appreciation for being willing to publicly support our rural schools and communities. Thank you! We are also ...

YMCA asking for community support

During the holiday season, the Elkins-Randolph County YMCA reflects on the many blessings it has received throughout the year through the support of its dedicated community members. This year, the Y is reaching out to the community with a special call to action as we work toward funding much-needed upgrades to the facility, ensuring that we can continue to serve as a vital hub for families, children, and individuals to connect, grow, and thrive. The YMCA has already begun renovations to the pool area, including structural repairs to the exterior wall. These improvements have also ...

Region in danger of losing future residents

To county, city and municipal governing bodies: As you travel around Randolph County from Harman to Valley Head, one cannot help but notice the lack of business, infrastructure and growth. We have lost population, our schools are facing closing and it does not seem that anyone is working very hard to reverse this trend. Without Internet service in all areas of the county, how do we prosper? Without new business to the areas, how do we thrive? Have any of the persons in our local governments been to Mon County (Morgantown), Harrison County, Kanawha County, Cabell County ...