ELKINS — The head of the City of Elkins’ Water Department gave an update regarding area drought conditions and clean-up of the flood control levee.
During Elkins City Council’s June 11 meeting, Elkins City Public Water System Chief Operator and Manager Wes Lambert talked about the city’s reservoir. Lambert explained that he had been receiving “a lot” of questions over the past two months regarding the state and the local area’s drought situation.
“In the first quarter of 2026, we were actually
OMAHA, Neb. — The ball drifted into the afternoon air inside Charles Schwab Field, carrying with it about 134 years’ worth of hopes, dreams, near misses and never-even-closes.
When it landed 395 feet later, Gavin Kelly had himself a home run to remember. West Virginia had itself a trip to college baseball’s Final Four.
Kelly’s three-run shot in the sixth inning backed up what was a noble pitching performance from teammate Dawson Montesa, and the Mountaineers advanced to the national semifinals
ELKINS — A new free program can provide tech tools for use by local businesses and non-profits.
Woodlands Development & Lending is presenting the “Tech Toolshed,” a cost-free program that allows small businesses and non-profits to borrow high-quality tech tools and equipment to further their business goals and mission.
“This program was created to help businesses and organizations present their services professionally, as most rely on social media and marketing materials to increase sales,”
PARSONS – The Tucker Community Foundation’s 36th annual Uncle Sam’s Birthday Party charitable event is scheduled for Friday, July 3, at the Bear Paw Lodge of Canaan Valley State Park, with doors opening at 5:15 p.m. and dinner will start at 6 p.m.
Tickets are available now; however, only 250 tickets are sold for the annual event that includes an elimination raffle, plated dinner, door prizes and additional raffle prizes. The tickets entitle the purchaser to dinner for two and entry into the
Backed by $5.9 million in National Science Foundation funding, West Virginia University researchers are using stars that function like celestial clocks to search for spacetime ripples known as gravitational waves.
The sources of those ripples could be supermassive black holes. They could be “cosmic strings” — cracks in the universe that have only been theorized. They could even be reverberations from the Big Bang.
“Or there could be a huge surprise,” said Maura McLaughlin, Eberly Family
The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
Workers with the City of Elkins Water Department recently repaired a water leak at the entrance of Lincoln Avenue off of Wilson Street. A city employee used a backhoe to dig up a portion of the street.
OMAHA, Nebraska – Hey Ump: That probably was a Mickey Mouse call.
Even if Lambert Bartak didn’t realize the sonic implications of what just happened. What he just did.
Are you heading out to Omaha for the College Baseball World Series and West Virginia University’s first-ever foray to the Field of Dreams, big-time?
When you get there, be sure and lift your frothy beverage in appreciation of the aforementioned Mr. Bartak.
Heck, even if you’re watching from your living room, you’ll want to do that
OMAHA, Neb. – Brodie Kresser said he was thinking double play when he saw the ground ball off the bat of North Carolina’s Jake Schaffner on Sunday night.
A double play would have got West Virginia out of the seventh inning tied with North Carolina. Instead, the ball came off hard and fell off Kresser’s glove. All UNC runners were safe.
“It just ate me up,” Kresser admitted afterwards. “It bounced and that was it.”
What followed was even more disaster, as North Carolina pulled past West Virginia,
NYC celebrates the Knicks’ first championship in 53 years
NEW YORK (AP) — It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence, including a shooting in Times Square.
Outside Madison Square Garden, a crowd watching on a big screen roared as the Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
Soon after, tens of thousands of
ELKINS – Davis & Elkins has officially launched the search for the next class of Citizens Bank of West Virginia Emerging Leaders Scholarship recipients for the 2027-2028 academic year. Along with more than three quarters of a million dollars being awarded in scholarship funds, one grand prize winner will receive a four-year, full-ride scholarship to Davis & Elkins College, including tuition, room and board.
For a sixth consecutive year, Davis & Elkins College, Citizens Bank of West
