Nearly 400 children under 18—about 2% of youth in the region—are in the foster care system across eight counties surrounding Elkins (Barbour, Grant, Hardy, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, and Upshur). Yet the number of children under the age of 18 who need […]

Friday, June 20, isn’t only the first day of summer—it’s West Virginia Day, a statewide holiday honoring the day in 1863 when West Virginia became the 35th state in the Union. The road to statehood was anything but simple. Here’s the story behind the […]

Elkins, WV—June 19, 2025: On the afternoon of Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at approximately 12:02 p.m., Cpl. Summerfield of the Elkins Police Department received a missing person report from a health care worker. Harold Wayne Simmons, 80, was reported to be missing […]