The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
A large crowd turned out for the unveiling of the Rosie the Riveter statue in the All-Veterans Memorial Park in Elkins Monday afternoon. The Inter-Mountain will publish a full story about the unveiling, with photos, online later today.
Ella Margaret Moore, of Buckhannon, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Holbrooks Health Care in Buckhannon. When the Lord called, she was ready, and at the age of 91, she went home to be joyfully reunited with her husband and family members who went home before.
Margaret was born in Buckhannon, on June 13, 1934, a daughter of the late R. Huston Lewis and Ruby Lucinda Lewis. On Aug. 15, 1952, she married Verlin Lewis “Mike” Moore, and together they raised five children and
(AP) — Saquon Barkley’s first season in Philadelphia featured record performances on the field, a Super Bowl title and a new contract that is the richest ever for a running back.
Barkley’s performance with the Eagles also helped him score the honor of being voted the top running back in the league by The Associated Press.
A panel of eight AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five players at running back, basing selections on current status entering the 2025 season. First-place votes were worth
William “Bill” Gail Conrad, 87, a resident of Mill Creek, passed from this life Sunday morning, July 13, 2025, at the WV Caring Inpatient Center where his family provided physical and emotional support during his final days.
Bill was born Monday, June 13, 1938, in Pickens, a son of the late Ordie Conrad and Agnes Geyer Conrad Light. On Dec. 23, 1958, in Mill Creek, he was married to the former Zita Levon Rader, who survives. They had celebrated 66 years of marriage.
Also left to cherish Bill’s
BEVERLY — Special presentations during Beverly Heritage Day on Saturday will showcase the impact of the American Revolution on the Tygart Valley, and the century that followed which included the construction of the historic Randolph County town.
The annual event, with this year’s theme, “Beverly Heritage Day: Building Home in the Valley,” will feature demonstrations, music, food, and fun for the entire family, organizers said.
“We hope to showcase not only the coming of the Revolution, but how
ELKINS — A Randolph County man is facing up to 40 years in prison on a federal drug charge.
Jacob Paul Wilson, 28, of Harmon, has admitted to distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, officials said.
According to court documents, Wilson was selling methamphetamine from his home in Randolph County.
Wilson faces at least five years and up to 40 years in federal prison.
A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. sentencing guidelines and other
ELKINS – An employee has been arrested and charged with embezzling funds from a local supermarket.
Tammy Michelle Hefner, 38, is charged with one count of felony embezzlement and 22 counts of fraud with access device.
She is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $2,862 cash-only bond set by Randolph County Magistrate Ben Shepler.
According to the criminal complaint, prepared by Cpl. D.R. Wolford Jr. of the Elkins Detachment of the West Virginia State Police, on June 27, Wolford was
PHILIPPI – A Grafton County man accused of fatally stabbing a woman in 2023 entered a plea agreement on a first-degree murder charge and was sentenced to life in prison with mercy on July 11.
Brian Edward Kennedy, 46, appeared in Barbour County Circuit Court and entered a guilty plea to one count of murder in the first degree in the death of Megan Shaw, 45, in 2023.
Kennedy, according to a press release from the Barbour County Prosecutor’s Office, admitted to stabbing Shaw at an apartment in
ELKINS — Mountain State Forest Festival Director General Lisa Shaffer has announced the appointments of Tinley Marie Morris, Madison Claire Shifflett, Grant Simon Harper and Nicholas Robert Rizzio as Royal Scouts for the 87th Mountain State Forest Festival.
Tinley is the daughter of Robbie and Whitney Morris and Susan Morral, all of Elkins. She is the granddaughter of Carol Morris and the late Bob Morris of Elkins, Troy Morral, Jr. and Sara Kovach of Kerens and George and Rosemarie Liggett of
What happened in Texas on July 4 was unfathomable. Flash flooding and its aftermath took the lives of —at this writing — approximately 120 people. Families and communities are devastated. Help from all corners is still desperately needed.
And it is coming, even from the federal government, which rightly wasted NO time in quickly delivering a robust response. President Donald Trump approved Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s request for a major disaster declaration only one day after it was submitted. That
