Elkins Introduces 304 Day to Celebrate West Virginia DIY Arts Brittany Hicks March 1, 2018 Elkins, W.Va. -- The public is invited to the first annual 304 Day celebration of the mountains, forests, people, and arts of West Virginia, scheduled for March 4 (3/04) at 7:00 p.m. at the Brewstel in Elkins....
Cultural Awareness and Enrichment Group Raises Awareness JoLynn Powers February 13, 2018 For twenty years the members of the Cultural Awareness and Enrichment Group (CAEG) in Elkins, West Virginia have worked to educate Randolph County community members about diversity issues. The group continues...
Main Street to host Community Branding Workshop Elkinite January 19, 2018 Elkins Main Street will host a Community Branding Workshop Jan. 23-25 at the West Virginia Wood Technology Center in Elkins. A marketing consultant provided by Main Street West Virginia will lead sessions...
Creating Christmas at the Community Center Taira Landavere December 8, 2017 This past weekend the Phil Gainer Community Center welcomed thirty vendors from all over West Virginia that sell a variety of arts, crafts, specialty food and much more. After the Christmas Bazaar took place,...
Art and History Spark Interest in Downtown Elkins W.Va. JoLynn Powers October 12, 2017 Quilts have always kept us warm, reminded us of our past and brought families and friends together. These same ideas are used to create the Elkins Main Street’s Heritage Quilt Trail - a community-supported...
It’s not just April Fool’s Day in Elkins Sutton Stokes April 1, 2017 1 Comment Do you know what today is? If your only answer is April Fool’s Day, you don’t live in Elkins, West Virginia. If you do live in Elkins, West Virginia and your only answer is still April Fool’s Day, you...
Result of Fifth Ward Recount Announced Sutton Stokes March 22, 2017 Meeting as the Elkins Municipal Election Canvassing Board on Monday night, Elkins Common Council recounted Fifth Ward ballots cast on or before the city election held March 7. Entering the recount, Dave...
Breaking: Thompson requests Fifth Ward recount with minutes to spare Sutton Stokes March 15, 2017 Cody Thompson, candidate for Fifth Ward council member. At 2:55 p.m., with only minutes remaining before the end of the 48-hour period in which candidates in the 2017 Elkins Municipal Election could...
How the Mountain State Plowed Snow in the 1930s Rob Whetsell March 15, 2017 Although Winter Storm Stella didn’t pack quite the punch in this area that meteorologists predicted, local and state crews have been working around the clock keeping our roads clear. I thought I'd offer...
Elkins council “declares” 2017 election results Sutton Stokes March 14, 2017 By: Sutton Stokes After convening as the Elkins Municipal Election Canvassing Board, Elkins council adjusted vote totals as a result of accepting some provisional ballots and “declared” the following...
Elkins Election: What the heck is a “canvass”? Sutton Stokes March 14, 2017 By: Sutton Stokes As we reported here, Elkins Common Council met on Monday as the Elkins Municipal Election Canvassing Board to “canvass” the election. We reported further, that only one ward’s...
Why are some ballots “provisional”? Sutton Stokes March 14, 2017 By: Sutton Stokes As we reported here, vote totals in the 2017 Elkins Municipal Election changed slightly on Monday as a result of the Elkins council’s canvass of the election.This was because one of the...
Parker Doubles Lead from Two to Four Votes in Fifth Ward Canvass Sutton Stokes March 13, 2017 Candidates have 48 hours to request recounts By: Sutton Stokes Dave Parker has been elected to a new term on Elkins Common Council representing Fifth Ward, the Elkins council confirmed today after...
Meet the Elkins City Council Candidates Elkinite March 5, 2017 Here at Elkinite we fundamentally believe that civic engagement is a hallmark of strong community. To that end we feel strongly that access to information about local elections is key to encouraging everyone...
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats Kelsie Marie January 11, 2017 So many times in this world people are looking out for #1. They are concerned with how well they are doing, often at the expense of others. The idea that for you or your business to be doing well means that...
Downtown Mural Continues to Shine Elkinite December 6, 2016 5 Comments Drive down Third Street in Elkins and you’ll see it, big and bright and full of optimism, sitting on the side of the old Talbott Glass Building. The sunny mural has greeted downtown Elkins visitors for...
West Virginia, My Home Nevada Tribble November 30, 2016 1 Comment When I first moved to West Virginia, I didn’t understand the strange sense of pride the people here seemed to hold for their state. I came from the West, where everything is spread further apart, and people...
Observations on the Campaign Trail: “Deer & Debates, Debt & Donations, Death & Taxes” John Buckley November 7, 2016 If you’ve never been a candidate for public office, you should try it sometime. It’s incredibly exciting, frustrating, energizing, enervating, educating, and exacerbating, all at the same time. Quite an...
Four Reasons to Vote for the Randolph County School Excess Levy Andrew Carroll November 7, 2016 2 Comments I was a keen observer of the past two school excess levy failures in Randolph County. My interest was two-fold: I believed (and still do) involvement in local government is key to being a good citizen and I...
Barn Quilt Decorates Historic Randolph County Barn Christina Hall October 13, 2016 I was born and raised in Beverly, West Virginia. One of the most common questions I receive from people visiting our state is, “What do you do around here for fun?” My general reply is, “The mountain is...