I hope that people will stand and remove their hats as every American flag passes by during the Forest Festival Parade on Saturday. Alan Merklin Elkins

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my friends who donated toward the purchase of my new wheelchair. It is heartfelt and very appreciative. I didn’t realize I was so blessed with so many friends, but I am thankful that you were there when needed. This brings me back to a ...

The family of Donald R.Carr would like to thank everyone who purchased hot dogs and baked goods at our fundraiser on Aug. 31 at Wal Mart. Thank you to everybody who just gave donations. Special thanks to Walmart for allowing us to have our fundraiser at their location and for their donation. ...

This is a follow up to my previous letter, which continues the trend of providing a list. This time, however, we are going to be looking at Trump’s record. Lets begin: Trump is constantly claiming, “Promises Made, Promises Kept!” But what “promises” were kept? He hasn’t even built ...

If the government is serious about cutting carbon emissions to “save the planet,” a great place to start would be to provide a pathway for home owners to implement solar and wind power. An IRS refund of $5,000 dollars per household to be used on solar and\or wind power would make most ...

Drawing from Jamaican, Mexican, his native Brazilian and other sources, guitar virtuoso Carlos Barbosa-Lima held a Randolph County Community Arts Center audience spellbound last Saturday as he transported them into the infectious swing and sublime melody of the Latin American musical world. ...

Pure Country Twirlettes would like to extend a huge thank you to the following people and businesses for helping raise money for uniforms, parties and the end of year banquet: Aarons, Advance Auto, Auto Zone, Barb’s Restaurant, Bates Carpet, Betty Hale, Bob’s Automotive, Camden Creek, ...

W. Royal Stokes’ Aug. 31 letter contained quite an impressive list of Democratic achievements, most of which are old “social” programs designed to trap, ensnare and restrain the recipients. Most of the programs Stokes mentioned were passed long before the Democrats fell off their ...

A response to my dear friend Edward Brenwald: Go Democrats! Go! Ban guns! Ban oil! Ban cars! Ban coal! Ban power plants! Ban meat! Wide open borders! Free healthcare! Free housing! Free income! No electoral college! Stack the Supreme Court! Free all convicted criminals! Go Democrats! ...

I would like to suggest a new name for the New York Times after watching yet another round of hate rhetoric on Justice Brett Kavanaugh get new life some days ago. How about the New York Whiners and Liars Daily? They just can’t stop obsessing over every little detail that comes along, and ...

I love this state and I love this town! Although I’m a native Pennsylvanian, the majority of my life has been spent in Elkins, first as a public school teacher and now as a “professional volunteer,” so my husband tells everyone. Here are a few things you may or may not know about West ...

In my last letter, I talked about how an Elkins resurgence might be just around the corner for the city. Yes, taxes are going to need raised in various ways to fund the plans. Yes, annexation of large retail areas seems to correspond with thriving downtowns and environs. Look at Bridgeport, ...

Robert Ware’s rhetoric, much like Trump’s, is getting old. In his response to my most recent letter, he defends Trump and his political alliance with a list of things that, more or less, came straight from Trump’s Twitter account. But notice what he didn’t do? He failed to name a ...

In the letter to the editor Mr. Brooks stated that Democrats are the lowest scum on earth, How can he have so much hate in him? I don’t hate Republicans. I’ve even voted for Arch Moore, because a rich man named Rockefeller came to our state to run for office. Later I did vote for ...

The year was 1967 and a best-selling book was titled “Famine 1975: America’s Decision, Who will survive?” It spoke of the weather, the atmosphere and how we needed to change our ways on energy by 1975 or famine would strike. We have all shown a concern for the environment for many ...

The Emma Scott Garden Club wishes to express our gratitude to Tammy’s Floral/Delmonte Market for the great effort they have made to beautify downtown Elkins. The hanging baskets and the pots along the downtown streets as well as the baskets on the Davis Avenue bridge have done much to make ...

After reading Mr. W. Royal Stokes’ letter listing the Democrats accomplishments I thought: Whatever liberal Democrats disapprove of, they want banned, and whatever they approve of, they make mandatory. Democrat liberalism is an ideology that believes in control, not freedom. That’s why ...

Reading about the goings-on of Elkins city government is a lot like a magazine serial story. That kind of story was popular when I was a youngster in the sixties. Does anyone remember the GRIT paper of old? If you don’t, there were many serials in there that ran for several weeks and covered ...

Several recent letters to The Inter-Mountain have grossly misrepresented the policies of the Democratic Party and falsely minimized its contributions to society and its foreign policy achievements. One of the writers slandered the Democratic Party as being characterized by “stupidity.” ...

Community is about being in it together, working on solutions to make where we live better for us and for future generations. Disagreements should include compromise, not personal attacks on our neighbors. Yet there seems to be an ongoing trend in our community, to disparage our neighbors ...