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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 ...

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 ...

CASA for Kids ‘Community Goose Chase’ set later this month

MORGANTOWN – The CASA for Kids organization wants to send you on a wild goose chase later this month. Well, check that, Brandi Wolfe said. Try a fun, beneficial goose chase, instead – said Wolfe, who is board chair of the endeavor that serves as an advocate for children in need across ...

ACGM, YCF announce organizational arts grants

MORGANTOWN – The Arts Council of Greater Morgantown and Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia Inc. announce the recipients of the 2026-27 Organizational Arts Grants. Thirteen nonprofits in Monongalia County were awarded a collective total of $135,000 at an event Monday at ...