ELKINS – An Elkins woman is facing felony charges after being accused of abusing three juveniles.
Sara R. Daniels, 36, of Elkins, has been charged with three counts of child abuse resulting in injury, a felony, and one count of strangulation, also a felony.
She is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $30,000 cash-only bond, set by Randolph County Magistrate Tracy M. Harper.
According to the criminal complaint, prepared by Sgt. V.J. Pyles of the Elkins detachment of the West

BUCKHANNON – A free community dinner is being planned as a “thank you” to all the “volunteers, first responders, organizations and community members who came together” during the deadly flooding in Upshur and Lewis counties in July 21.
WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital will host the “Stronger Together Free Community Dinner” from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 — a month to the day after the flooding began — at the Daily Grind, located at 20 Raella Lane in Buckhannon.
“In the days following the flood,

ELKINS — Probable cause has been found in the case of a Barbour County woman accused of attempted murder after allegedly shooting another woman in the face during an altercation near Pickens.
Regina Lea Collette, 45, of Philippi, has been charged with attempted murder, a felony. She is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond, set by Randolph County Magistrate Tracy M. Harper.
On Monday, Harper found probable cause in the case after a preliminary hearing in

ELKINS – An Elkins woman is facing felony charges after being accused of abusing three juveniles.
Sara R. Daniels, 36, of Elkins, has been charged with three counts of child abuse resulting in injury, a felony, and one count of strangulation, also a felony. She is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $30,000 cash-only bond, set by Randolph County Magistrate Tracy M. Harper.
A State Police officer attended three separate Child Advocacy Center interviews in Elkins in May, for three

CHARLESTON – A company executive with Flock Safety defended their Automated License Plate Reader technology as a vital tool for “precision policing” that helps solve crimes and recover missing persons, while opponents argue these AI-powered cameras threaten Fourth Amendment privacy rights. 
The Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization met Sunday afternoon on the first of three days of legislative interim meetings at the State Capitol Building in Charleston to learn more about the

MARIETTA ‌— ‌Injection ‌wells have become a national flashpoint following an article in the New York Times, which references events in and around Marietta.
In Washington County, the argument is still fueled by one hard fact the state has already verified: oil and gas wastewater moved out of where it was supposed to stay and ended up in production wells.
From there, the conversation has widened into concerns about proposed disposal sites, drinking water and whether the state is watching closely

MORGANTOWN – Michael Benson is just over a year into his role as the 27th president of West Virginia University, but after a 55-county tour putting in more than 6,600 miles and 3,900 handshakes, Benson is ready to look forward and add to the pride people feel about WVU.
“I want the people of West Virginia to be proud of the university. I think that’s really, really essential,” Benson said in an interview at Stewart Hall. “And to graduates, when they look at the diploma on the wall, it means more

TROUBLESOME VALLEY — Pendleton County saw two tornadoes touch down during the severe storms on July 21, officials said.
According to reports, during the July 21 storms, a EF1 tornado touched down at 7:25 p.m. on Kiser Gap Road in Franklin near Route 33. The tornado is said to have moved east/northeast through Troublesome Valley and into Fort Seybert. It then crossed the state line into Virginia before lifting in Criders, Virginia at 7:45 p.m., lasting only 20 minutes.
Joan Ashley, a resident of

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OLD TIME MUSIC: Join in the first and third Mondays, 7-9 p.m. at The Arts Center in Elkins for an Old Time Music Session. Beginning musicians are encouraged to join in. Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, bass are welcome. Participants enter through the back door.

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
Mary Utt, right, waits on some customers at her food stand set up Saturday at the Elkins Farmers Market. The Farmers Market is open on Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. until noon at the Elkins Railyard Depot.