Dear Annie: My husband and I are at a full-blown spring break standoff, and the kids are watching it like it’s a sport.
He wants to take our two kids skiing. He’s already talking about “fresh powder,” early lift tickets and how this is the perfect chance to make “core memories.” He grew up skiing, and it’s his happy place. I can see how excited he is, and I’m not trying to be the villain who cancels joy.
But I want to go somewhere warm. Not “a light jacket” warm, but genuinely warm. Sun. Sand.
ELKINS — The Randolph County Superintendent of Schools said he “had hoped for more respondents” to a survey seeking input on potential bond and levy proposals.
“The survey that we sent out for the bond and levy was completed on February 13 and we had 399 respondents,” Dr. Shawn Dilly told the Board of Education during the most recent BOE meeting. “I had hoped for more respondents, but this is kind of sometimes the ongoing challenge.”
The survey has been available on the Randolph County school
With the passing of a civil rights giant such as the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, this Black History Month took on even greater importance. It was a reminder that so many who fought for so much have left us — and that understanding our history is perhaps more important than ever.
In this era where so many of the sentiments (and horrors) we thought were long buried are, in fact, rearing their ugly heads again — when some are once again under the mistaken impression that it is safe to show us the
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Monday creating a new comprehensive funding framework to bolster emergency medical services across the state.
House Bill 5168 passed Monday afternoon on a 94-0 vote with six absent or not voting. The bill now heads to the state Senate.
HB 5168 establishes the state’s first permanent funding stream for EMS workers, allocating $12 million annually from lottery net profits. This funding is distributed across three distinct channels: a
PHILIPPI – A total of 12 people were indicted by a Barbour County grand jury on Monday, for alleged crimes including attempted murder and arson.
The following indictments are public at this time and the remaining indictments are sealed within the court record, according to court officials.
Christopher Bolyard, 35, has been indicted on one count of attempted murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and malicious assault.
According to the criminal complaint, last June, Barbour
ELKINS — A total of 36 individuals were indicted by a Randolph County grand jury Monday, for alleged crimes including sexual abuse, counterfeiting and threats of terroristic acts.
Dustin Wade Delauder, 40, an inmate at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail, was indicted on five counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, or custodian, one count of attempt of incest, two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, one count of attempt of sexual assault in the third degree, three counts of child abuse
Photo courtesy/WV Legislative PhotographySenate Assistant Majority Leader Patricia Rucker defends the Hope Scholarship program on the Senate floor during debate on the budget bill.
CHARLESTON — House Finance Committee leaders said they are still receiving input before unveiling an updated version of its originating bill reforming the Hope Scholarship, while Hope funding received a focus as the state Senate passed its budget Friday.
The House Finance Committee met Friday morning and recommended
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WEDNESDAY PICKIN’: The Wednesday Pickin’ Country Music Jam Sessions are continuing to take place weekly at Armadillo Flats on Davis Avenue in Elkins. The jam sessions are co-sponsored by Augusta Heritage Center and C.J. Maggie’s. The Country Music Jams will now be from
Don’t be so quick to think you need to change. In your sprint to improve, you may be leaving behind your most attractive quality: your vulnerability. You’re aware that you, like all humans, are imperfect, and that’s what makes you awesome. Self-acceptance is the ultimate confidence — the confidence to like yourself as-is.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Even when something is completely unfamiliar to you, you are still able to open your mind and heart to it because you’re constantly looking for
HARMAN — Lily Roy, a student at the Harman K-12 School, was recently recognized by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office during a special recognition ceremony.
Sheriff Rob Elbon, Randolph County Prevention Resource Officers Danny Pennington and Rocky Hebb, and Randolph County School Director of Transportation Nick Alfred, presented Roy a Certificate of Recognition for the bravery and leadership she showed after a school bus accident back on Dec. 17.
Roy was onboard a school bus that was struck by
