For The Inter-Mountain to feature gun-bearing anti-protesters on the front page is an insult to peaceful protesters. Where is the photo of the peaceful protesters? Images can be very powerful. Of course we have the right to bear arms in our country, but doesn’t it go a bit far to ...
Police brutality is not only a black offense, it occurs in our area against white poor people. I’ve seen people who were arrested without any marks on them, but somehow when they got to the jail they were beaten up. Yes, we have some good police, but we also have some punks, My son ...
North Central WV Labor Council, AFL-CIO, represents over 5,000 working men and women who are union members living in seven counties in north central West Virginia. We, as a labor council, support our black sisters and brothers in this fight for racial equality and justice. Racial and ...
This morning my wife, Nancy, pointed out a wonderful Inter-Mountain article on Facebook about a dear friend, Larry Ferguson. Larry is a wonderful person and certainly deserves to be recognized. I met Larry at Walter Reed General Hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in mid ...
In March when Lisa Wood, director of the Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, invited Quint Studer, author of “Building a Vibrant Community,” to visit Elkins, the coronavirus was in the international news, but nobody thought that Elkins would shut down within a week. Three months ...
We have seen our share of storm clouds locally in recent years but none as turbulent as what we saw last Sunday. Ty Flynn, a local 19-year-old, worked to organize a Black Lives Matters protest and march in Elkins on Sunday. Eighty-eight people indicated on Facebook they would participate in ...
In June of 1992 I was on a flight to JFK that had departed Dakar, Senegal the night before. It was morning in New York when we landed. Twenty-four hours earlier I had flown out of Spriggs-Payne Field outside of Monrovia, Liberia on the West Coast of Africa. The Liberian civil war was still a ...
My name is Judith A. Davis. I am a 78-year-old lady who went to vote with my husband in Coalton in the Roaring Creek District of Randolph County. He pulled into the handicapped spot and was retrieving my roll-about from the trunk when a gentleman hollered and told him the voting place had ...
Complaints about voter disenfranchisement often have more to do with incompetence than partisan scheming, we suspect. This year’s primary election in Georgia appears to be a case in point. Voters reported lengthy delays and other problems in many of the state’s 159 counties last Tuesday. ...
In the minds of many, among the most abrasive orders issued by many governors in order to combat COVID-19 were those that in-person church services had to be suspended. Like many of the complainers elsewhere, we West Virginians tend to be sensitive regarding religion. Even many of those who ...
There is much to think about as we begin to plan children’s summer activities and reopening schools this fall. Social distancing may be possible for adults, but how can it be made effective for children who are longing to be actively engaged in activities with their friends again? CDC ...
Relatives and friends of people who live in West Virginia’s 123 nursing homes and other long-term care facilities will be allowed to resume visiting with them in person on June 17, Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday. There will be limitations, Justice said, but the complete ban on ...
I am writing this letter in response to a column written by Mark Chapin in the Saturday, June 6 edition of The Inter-Mountain. As I understand it, Chapin normally writes about hikes in the woods and wildlife. In this column, however, he gets into politics. The title to his column is ...
Virginia Governor Northam has ordered the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Va. There have been at least 200 such actions in recent years. according to Wikipedia. Jason Nichols, professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland, said on TV (I personally ...
Living in Elkins can feel like a paradox. As a white woman living in Elkins, I often feel safer here than anywhere else. I don’t question whether or not I will experience violence when going about my daily routines: not while exercising; not while checking in on a friend’s pet when that ...
Among the heroes of the COVID-19 epidemic in West Virginia are the men and women of the state’s National Guard. Many have worked tirelessly at great sacrifice to themselves and their families, sometimes risking their own health to aid fellow Mountain State residents. They have been ...
West Virginia Board of Education members plan to select a new state superintendent of schools on Wednesday. In many ways, it will be the most important decision made in our state this summer. That is saying a lot, of course. The upheaval caused by COVID-19 has had and will continue to have ...
As the nation began the process of “reopening” slowly but, we all hope, safely, there was encouraging news on the economic front. About two weeks ago, nearly 25 million Americans were receiving unemployment benefits, the Labor Department reported. By Thursday, the number had decreased to ...
Elkins gardeners really get going in June, and this year walkers will see some interesting new things in local lawns and gardens. Taking a walk with friends makes social distancing easier. This is a time to try new traditions. The Emma Scott Garden Club was planning to hold a June Rose ...
About 156.5 million Americans are categorized as members of the civilian labor force. At least 41 million people who can work and by definition want to are unemployed. In other words, approximately one of every four people able to work is not employed — and is being supported by the rest. ...