Switchbacks & Wagon Tracks || Building the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike: Part 2 Michael and Carrie Kline Arts & Culture January 2, 2016
Elkins Introduces 304 Day to Celebrate West Virginia DIY Arts Brittany Hicks Arts & Culture March 1, 2018Elkins, W.Va. — The public is invited to the first annual 304 Day celebration of the mountains, forests, people, and...
Cultural Awareness and Enrichment Group Raises Awareness JoLynn Powers Elkins February 13, 2018For twenty years the members of the Cultural Awareness and Enrichment Group (CAEG) in Elkins, West Virginia have worked to...
Main Street to host Community Branding Workshop Elkinite Events January 19, 2018Elkins Main Street will host a Community Branding Workshop Jan. 23-25 at the West Virginia Wood Technology Center in Elkins....
Creating Christmas at the Community Center Taira Landavere Elkins December 8, 2017This past weekend the Phil Gainer Community Center welcomed thirty vendors from all over West Virginia that sell a variety...
Art and History Spark Interest in Downtown Elkins W.Va. JoLynn Powers Arts & Culture October 12, 2017Quilts have always kept us warm, reminded us of our past and brought families and friends together. These same ideas...
It’s not just April Fool’s Day in Elkins Sutton Stokes History April 1, 2017Do you know what today is? If your only answer is April Fool’s Day, you don’t live in Elkins, West...
Result of Fifth Ward Recount Announced Sutton Stokes Elkins March 22, 2017Meeting as the Elkins Municipal Election Canvassing Board on Monday night, Elkins Common Council recounted Fifth Ward ballots cast on...
Breaking: Thompson requests Fifth Ward recount with minutes to spare Sutton Stokes Ideas March 15, 2017At 2:55 p.m., with only minutes remaining before the end of the 48-hour period in which candidates in the 2017...
How the Mountain State Plowed Snow in the 1930s Rob Whetsell History March 15, 2017Although Winter Storm Stella didn’t pack quite the punch in this area that meteorologists predicted, local and state crews have...
Elkins council “declares” 2017 election results Sutton Stokes Elkins March 14, 2017By: Sutton Stokes After convening as the Elkins Municipal Election Canvassing Board, Elkins council adjusted vote totals as a result...
Elkins Election: What the heck is a “canvass”? Sutton Stokes Elkins March 14, 2017By: Sutton Stokes As we reported here, Elkins Common Council met on Monday as the Elkins Municipal Election Canvassing Board...
Why are some ballots “provisional”? Sutton Stokes Elkins March 14, 2017By: Sutton Stokes As we reported here, vote totals in the 2017 Elkins Municipal Election changed slightly on Monday as...
Parker Doubles Lead from Two to Four Votes in Fifth Ward Canvass Sutton Stokes Ideas March 13, 2017Candidates have 48 hours to request recounts By: Sutton Stokes Dave Parker has been elected to a new term on...
Meet the Elkins City Council Candidates Elkinite Ideas March 5, 2017Here at Elkinite we fundamentally believe that civic engagement is a hallmark of strong community. To that end we feel...
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats Kelsie Marie Ideas January 11, 2017So many times in this world people are looking out for #1. They are concerned with how well they are...
Downtown Mural Continues to Shine Elkinite Arts & Culture December 6, 2016Drive down Third Street in Elkins and you’ll see it, big and bright and full of optimism, sitting on the...
West Virginia, My Home Nevada Tribble Ideas November 30, 2016When I first moved to West Virginia, I didn’t understand the strange sense of pride the people here seemed to...
Observations on the Campaign Trail: “Deer & Debates, Debt & Donations, Death & Taxes” John Buckley Ideas November 7, 2016If you’ve never been a candidate for public office, you should try it sometime. It’s incredibly exciting, frustrating, energizing, enervating,...
Four Reasons to Vote for the Randolph County School Excess Levy Andrew Carroll Ideas November 7, 2016I was a keen observer of the past two school excess levy failures in Randolph County. My interest was two-fold:...
Barn Quilt Decorates Historic Randolph County Barn Christina Hall Arts & Culture October 13, 2016I was born and raised in Beverly, West Virginia. One of the most common questions I receive from people visiting...
