Behold the Beauty
ELKINS — Amid the pageantry and parades that are symbolic of our upcoming Forest Festival are other celebrated events that invite our involvement. One of these is the Log Cabin Quilters Exhibit,...
View ArticleBusy day in Barbour County
Hello from Barbour County! This Saturday, Sept. 14, the doors open at 10 a.m. at the Belington Volunteer Fire Department for their annual Fall Bash. Tickets are sold out, but if you didn’t get one,...
View ArticleFine Feathered Friends
American Goldfinch Program presenter Paula Doerr shared her photographs of birds found in the natural habitat she has created in her yard. ELKINS — Do you ever sit on your porch and listen to a bird’s...
View ArticleHands-On Mission Training
Some of the classes conducted included how to assemble and delegate a ground team, using a compass, determining an azimuth on a map between two points and orienting a map to the ground using terrain...
View ArticleMOSS
Austin and Emily Moss of Belington welcomed a daughter, Cheyenne Brooke Moss, on July 24, 2024 at 10:56 p.m. She weighted 7 pounds 12 ounces And was 19.75 inches long. Paternal grandparents are Bill...
View ArticleDavid and Gladys Lloyd Currence
David and Gladys Lloyd Currence of Valley Head celebrated 55 years of marriage Sept. 25, 2024. They were married on Sept. 25, 1969 in Monterey, Virginia, and had five children, Gladys, David, Matthew,...
View ArticleJunior and Rosalie Martin
There will be a surprise 60th wedding anniversary celebration for Junior and Rosalie Martin of Elkins on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Beverly Fire Hall, 429 Main Street, Beverly. Light...
View ArticleInvasive Plants
ELKINS — What is a native plant? A native plant is one that grows naturally in a specific region, ecosystem, or habitat, and has evolved over time to adapt to the climate, soil, and other native plants...
View ArticlePickleball courts welcomed
Hello from Barbour County! Fall is in the air. I really enjoy the cool, crisp weather. Prayers go out to all those in North Carolina, Florida and all of those people affected by the hurricanes....
View ArticleFall Colors and Ice Cream
The Jane Lew I-79 Exit toward town will bring you past Whit’s. When yellow mums begin to fill porch flower boxes and distant tree-tops change their appearances from greens to oranges and reds, we know...
View ArticleElkins High School class of 1959 hosts 65th reunion
ELKINS — The Elkins High School Class of 1959 met Friday, Sept. 7, at Smoke on the Water to celebrate their 65th reunion. A delicious dinner was enjoyed by 25 with an evening of “Remember When.”...
View ArticleDelford Sharp
Delford Sharp, a longtime resident of Mingo, West Virginia, celebrated his 99th birthday on Oct. 21 at the home of his niece in Forest Hill, Maryland. Friends and family from Tennessee, West Virginia...
View ArticleJessie Warner Sponaugle
Join friends and family for an open house 100th Birthday Party honoring Jessie Warner Sponaugle on Saturday, Nov. 30 from 1-4 p.m. The party will be at the Tygart Valley Baptist Church, located at 39...
View ArticleHonoring Survivors
Garden Club members include Beth Post, Cindy Phillips, Vonnie Hager, Donna Carpenter and Rita Cochran. Breast cancer wreaths and door prize buckets were part of the joint meeting. On Monday, Oct. 14,...
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