CHARLESTON — Tax collections for West Virginia’s general revenue fund in September came in above estimates for the month, reversing a slight decline and adding to a small by growing surplus.
According to reports released Wednesday by the state Department of Revenue and the Senate Finance Committee, September tax collections for fiscal year 2026 were $585.7 million, which was more than 8% above the $542 million estimate set by the state Department of Revenue, providing the state a $43.7 million
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in what police called a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year, authorities said.
Officers shot and killed the suspect outside Manchester, police said, though authorities took some time to confirm he was dead because he was wearing a vest that made it appear as if he had explosives.
Police later said
ELKINS – The pastor of the Summit Church in Elkins was arrested Wednesday and faces a felony charge after allegedly soliciting a minor.
Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, is charged with one count of soliciting a minor via computer, a felony. He is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $50,000 cash-only bond set by Randolph County Magistrate Benjamin Shepler.
According to the criminal complaint, filed by Deputy and Task Force Officer D.A. Cale with the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office
The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
First responders were called to a structure fire on Central Street in Elkins at approximately 12:45 p.m. today. The Elkins Fire Department, Randolph County Emergency Squad, Elkins Police Department, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and West Virginia State Police were all on the scene.
For nearly a quarter century, West Virginia families (and a select number of families nationwide) have had the advantage of being able to plan for their children’s education using the state’s SMART529 program.
It has helped families save for post-secondary and other educational expenses, and is ever-adapting to better serve educational needs.
For example, a July 5 update “permits students and adults who do not select the traditional college path to be able to use funds from a 529 account to pay
Chelsea Ruby, secretary of the West Virginia Department of Tourism, at left, addresses the state’s tourism and hospitality professionals Tuesday during the 2025 Governor’s Conference on Tourism at Morgantown’s Marriott at Waterfront Place.
Could you imagine if the entire combined populations of California and Texas visited West Virginia in the span of one year?
It’s a rhetorical question, of course, but it requires no real imagination.
Because you’d also have to tack on the population of
(AP) — Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death Wednesday in an Instagram post. According to the Washington, D.C.-based institute, Goodall died of natural causes while in California on a U.S. speaking tour.
Her discoveries “revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our
ELKINS — The Randolph County Development Authority hosted a special “beam-setting” ceremony on Tuesday for the new Event and Conference Center that is being constructed behind the Elkins Railyard Depot.
A final beam — the last piece of structural steel necessary for the Center — was hoisted and put in place after being signed by RCDA staff members and representatives from Ascend West Virginia, who will have a work space at the new facility.
“It was a milestone day for this project,” said Mark
ELKINS — The Board of Directors of the Mountain State Forest Festival has selected West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner with the honor of crowning Maid Silvia during the Official Coronation Ceremony for the 87th Festival Friday, officials announced Wednesday afternoon.
Warner will crown 19-year-old Sterling Kump of Moorefield at the Coronation Ceremony, at the Citizens Bank of WV Amphitheater on the campus of Davis & Elkins College beginning at 2 p.m. Friday. Pre-Coronation music and
