Nancy Drew solved cases across 56 books. Sherlock Holmes, 56 short stories. And as the moon moves into Scorpio, the sign of mystery, many of us are just getting started with the thrilling clues.
Know that the world holds just as many solutions as it does mysteries, and keep going. The pattern will reveal itself in time.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Release old identities. Practice introducing yourself — even to yourself — as someone who creates relationships of reciprocity and makes money from
Heavy smoke could be seen coming from the back section of the Hamer Pellet Fuel Company plant on Wednesday evening. Multiple agencies responded to the plant’s location in the Elkins Industrial Park.
Deputies from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department controlled the front entrance of the Hamer Pellet Fuel Company on Wednesday evening after a fire broke out at the plant. A firetruck from the Beverly Fire Department pulls past the deputies en route to help battle the blaze.
PHILIPPI – A Barbour County man faces felony charges after allegedly shooting another man in the head and threatening to kill his own family.
Christopher Lynn Bolyard, 34, is charged with attempt to commit felony punishable with life imprisonment, and use or presentation of a firearm during commission of a felony, both felonies.
Bolyard is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $500,000 cash-only bond.
According to the criminal complaint, filed by Cpl. C. B. Parks with the
Timothy J. “Bunji” Elmore, beloved father, grandfather and friend, passed from this life Sunday, June 1, 2025, at the age of 61.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m., Friday, June 6, 2025, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins.
A funeral service will be held at 11 am Saturday, June 7, 2025, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Frank Hinzman officiating.
Interment will follow in the Phillips Cemetery at Jimtown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Home of the Soul Family Worship
West Virginia Health Right is on the move. Three mobile units now allow the agency to provide a dental clinic, a medical clinic and now a teaching kitchen to communities in even the most remote corners of the state.
With the most recent addition, the non-profit will be able to travel to parts of 34 counties to provide nutritional education, healthy cooking demonstrations and preventive health outreach such as blood pressure readings, body mass index checks and A1C/blood sugar tests.
“Food is
CHARLESTON — Third-seed Philip Barbour and second-seed Logan both enter the Class AA state tournament with momentum.
The teams battle 50 minutes after the conclusion of today’s first semifinal game between top seed Wheeling Central and No. 4 Wyoming East, which gets underway at 5 p.m. from GoMart Ballpark.
The Colts, making their first state appearance since 1975, went 4-0 in regional action, behind strong pitching and timely hitting, while the Wildcats defeated defending state champion
ELKINS — A “swatting” call Monday afternoon led to multiple law enforcement agencies investigating a possible shooting and suicide incident in Helvetia, an official said.
Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon released a statement Wednesday saying that, at approximately 2:16 p.m. Monday, the Sheriff’s Office received a call from a man who said “he had shot his wife and son and attempted to commit suicide.”
“Deputies from Randolph and Upshur County, West Virginia State Troopers from multiple counties,
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Before we can adequately respond to the frontal assault Donald Trump has launched on our way of life, we need to grapple with whataboutism. It is destroying our capacity to make rational judgments.
Humans have always been beguiled by black-and-white thinking. Something is either good or bad. You are either with us or against us. Greek or barbarian. Saved or damned. A related error in logic is called “tu quoque” (you too), a form of the ad hominem fallacy because it attacks the person rather than
The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
Local fire departments and police officers were called to a fire within the Hamer Pellet Fuel Company in the Elkins Industrial Park late Wednesday afternoon. The Elkins Fire Department and Beverly Volunteer Fire Department were among the first responders battling the blaze. The Elkins Police Department, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, West Virginia State Police, and Randolph County Emergency Squad all also responded to the scene.
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ELKINS – Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon released a statement Wednesday morning concerning an incident that occurred Monday having to do with a possible shooting and suicide in Helvetia.
According to Elbon’s post, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a male at approximately 2:16 p.m. Monday who “advised he had shot his wife and son and attempted to commit suicide.”
“Deputies from Randolph and Upshur County, West Virginia State Troopers from multiple counties, and West
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