SHEPHERDSTOWN – Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has joined the voices opposing the Valley Link transmission line project.
“I’m gravely worried about the proposed 260-mile Valley Link power line, that’s going to plow through much of West Virginia, including historic Jefferson County and the lower Shenandoah Valley,” Burns said in a video posted to social media by the group Say No to Valley Link.
The project, which would run through 18 West Virginia counties, including Randolph, Upshur,
The Inter-Mountain photos by Anthony Gaynor
The Elkins High School Marching Band makes its way into the Elkins City Park, above, on Saturday during the annual Corn Roast. The decades-long tradition featured performances from the EHS and Elkins Middle School band. The event featured the traditional roasted corn and pulled pork meals. At left, the Elkins High School Marching Band Color Guard leads the EHS band into Elkins City Park.
At left, the Elkins High School Marching Band Color Guard leads
BUCKHANNON — Upshur County officials are urging all residents who were affected by the severe July 21 flooding to make use of the services of the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center.
A joint Upshur County and City of Buckhannon press release spotlights the Center, located on the second floor of the Upshur County Development Authority Building in Buckhannon. The center is open Monday through Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“FEMA staff are available to help survivors register for federal disaster
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ELKINS FARMERS MARKET: Open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon behind the Railroad Depot in Elkins. Parking can be found behind the Center Branch Church (formerly the Summit Church) buildings. The market consists of a large variety of vegetables during the growing
SLATYFORK – A Pocahontas lumber company has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to install new techonology at its sawmill.
Beckwith Lumber Company, Inc. will receive $1,030,900 through the USDA Forest Service Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program to install a new vertical line resaw system at its hardwood sawmill in Slatyfork.
“This investment is tremendous news for Beckwith Lumber, our employees, and the forest products industry throughout Pocahontas County,” said Daniel Woods,
CHARLESTON – A former Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Fayette County will become the second cabinet secretary of the Department of Tourism, succeeding Chelsea Ruby in the role.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Kayla Kessinger’s appointment Tuesday morning in a press conference in the Governor’s Reception Room at the Capitol.
“Whenever you’re telling stories, you need a great storyteller. And I think we found an incredible storyteller in our next secretary of
The Inter-Mountain photo by Brad Johnson
A clipped-in-two electric pole sits upright in the road on Allegheny Highway in Elkins Sunday afternoon. According to scanner traffic, a vehicle hit the pole and then drove off, leading to a police pursuit. The accident delayed traffic, and a repair crew was still at work at the site hours after the accident.
I write more on personal and professional development than any other topic. In my book The Busy Leader’s Handbook: How to Lead People and Places That Thrive, the first chapter sets the foundation for a person’s development. The two main components are self-awareness and coachability.
Willingness is key to both: willingness to hold up the mirror to oneself and willingness to seek out coaches and coaching. Please think of the coach’s work in its broadest sense. A coach is someone or something we
Last week my column about city water problems ended hurriedly with these two sentences:
“As frustrating as these problems may be, they cannot all be blamed on government. Every generation must work together and learn from history to solve problems using kindness (civility) and intelligence.”
This week after watching school children get on a yellow bus for their first day of school, I plan to start with the above suggestions for solving our public-school problems. When I see new leaders being
Some people complain that newspapers don’t publish enough happy news, but this week we reported on an event that was absolutely joyous to 20 groups of family and friends.
Twenty individuals from 12 countries became new United States citizens during the annual Naturalization Ceremony in Elkins.
The new citizens hailed from Brazil, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
This is an annual event that we at The Inter-Mountain love
