PHILIPPI – The Barbour County Board of Education unanimously approved the closure and consolidation plan for several schools in the county on Monday night.
In a 5-0 vote, the Barbour County BOE approved the consolidation plan, which would see the closure of Belington Middle School, Kasson Middle School and Philippi Middle School, all three of which will be consolidated into Philip Barbour High School, making it a grades 6-12 school.
The plan also calls for the closure of Junior Elementary
ELKINS — A Randolph County man received the maximum sentences for a pair of felonies in Randolph County Circuit Court on Thursday.
Stanley Roy Watson, Jr., 39, was sentenced by Randolph County Circuit Court Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong to no less than one and no more than 10 years in prison for one count of entering a building other than a dwelling and to no less than one, no more than five years in prison for one count of conspiracy.
Both sentences will run consecutively, with Watson serving the
ELKINS — A Randolph County man received the maximum sentences for a pair of felonies in Randolph County Circuit Court on Thursday.
Stanley Roy Watson, Jr., 39, was sentenced by Randolph County Circuit Court Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong to no less than one and no more than 10 years in prison for one count of entering a building other than a dwelling and to no less than one, no more than five years in prison for one count of conspiracy.
Both sentences will run consecutively, with Watson serving the
Zohran Mamdani surged to an easy victory as the “democratic socialist” mayor of New York City, complete with media enthusiasm that carried echoes of silly Obama love songs. The badly named “mainstream media” earnestly promoted the most extreme candidate.
Andrew Cuomo must have felt so betrayed. In 2020, he was the media’s pandemic prince. His press conferences on COVID were carried live nationwide. That November, the Emmy awards people decided to give him a special prize for his “masterful use
The resounding answers from the Supreme Court and Congress should be, Mr. President — Hell no! You cannot break all the dishes and glasses in the house.
You are no longer “Home alone” as in the classic movie. Thank God, the adults have come home. Your “parents/guardians” have returned.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts have every reason to stop President Donald Trump from severely harming America.
Thune knows that the political “nuclear
Dear Readers: Every Veterans Day, I always remember a woman I once met in an airport. She was sitting quietly by a window, holding a small American flag in one hand and a welcome home sign in the other. The edges of the sign were worn, clearly used more than once.
Her son had been deployed three times. “He says not to make a fuss,” she told me, smiling through tears. “But how do you not make a fuss when your whole heart is finally coming home?”
That is what Veterans Day feels like to me, a
“Women have fallen behind in the (post-pandemic) return-to-office push, reflecting the barriers they can still hit when juggling careers and families, even after decades of workplace gains.”
That was the observation of the Wall Street Journal in a report in its Oct. 25-26 edition.
The message within that paragraph is that, although women’s pay has experienced a decline, when stacked against men’s, it is not due to intentional, gross, beefed-up unfairness — less pay for the same work — on the
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ELKINS-RANDOLPH COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY: will hold its regular monthly meeting on today, Nov. 11, at 5 p.m. at the airport terminal building.
COOKIES AND CONVERSATION: Join today for a community discussion about the issues of importance to you
CHARLESTON – A coal miner remained missing Monday at a Nicholas County mine with multiple local, state and federal agencies working to locate the missing person.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey provided an update Monday morning during a press conference at the State Capitol Building in Charleston.
“This has been an around-the-clock response from the very beginning since Saturday, and we’re going to continue to do everything imaginable to help,” Morrisey said.
A miner at the Rolling Thunder Mine in
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RED HATS MEETING: The Elkins Purple Majesties Red Hats will meet Monday, Nov. 10, at 11:30 a.m. at The Steer Steakhouse. The theme for the meeting is Thanksgiving with the traditional turkey dinner. For information or reservations, call Carole Helmick at
