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Flooding leads to water rescues in Randolph, Barbour

ELKINS - Emergency workers performed water rescues in both Randolph and Barbour counties Sunday after severe storms caused flooding in the local area. Flooding in the Montrose area of Randolph County area forced officials to rescue a family who were stranded in their home by high water, Randolph County Office Emergency Management Director Mike Miller told The Inter-Mountain Monday. "With the rain from Sunday, the Montrose and Leading Creek areas got hit really hard," Miller said. "The Leading Creek Volunteer Fire Department did a search in an area close to the Randolph/Tucker ...

Blanche Lazzell artwork comes home after nationwide tour

MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University Art Museum will hold an opening ceremony to unveil “Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Artist” on Friday. This exhibition is the first from WVU to complete a nationwide tour and celebrates the WVU alum and printmaking prodigy Lazzell. Lazzell ...

Walk and talk: Allegheny Trail hike doubles as research project

MORGANTOWN – It’s 10 a.m. Friday. It’s pouring rain, and West Virginia transplant Emma Crow-Willard is on her way to someplace else. Someplace with sand, and seawater. No offense to the hills and the trees and the Mountain State mosquitos, but when you’ve just spent 26 days on foot ...