Let’s Have Some Skele-fun In Randolph County! Taira Landavere October 18, 2018 Fall is in the air and the spookiest season of all is around the corner. You could be dressing up as ghosts, goblins, and witches or you could be bundled up enjoying hot apple cider, exploring the Fall foliage...
Voter IDs & Sample Ballots: Guide to the 2018 Primary Marly Hazen May 7, 2018 When: Tuesday, May 8 · 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Where: Your local polling place! (Find your polling place.) Which positions are up for a vote? Local positions Board of Education Conservation...
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...
Coming Home To Elkins Grace DeMeo January 5, 2018 Elkins has always been a special place to me, despite not living here for nearly 20 years. I know that comes across as a strange sentence, but bear with me. We have a saying in my family about me that goes...
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...
Randolph County Summer Bucket List lchenoweth August 1, 2017 Looking for some excitement as the summer winds down in Randolph County? Look no further – we’ve assembled the ultimate list of adventures to end your summer vacation. Have fun, check out our bucket...
Do You Know a Change Maker? Marissa Russell May 19, 2017 Who are the rabble-rousing change-makers in your community? Maybe they’re organizing city council candidate forums and spreading the word about the importance of voting in local elections, or working to...
Upcoming Running/Walking Races in Randolph County Elkinite April 30, 2017 With Spring leading the charge towards warmer weather and longer days, we’ve put together a list of upcoming foot races coming to Randolph County. Time to shake off the dust, lace up your kicks, and go the...
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...
Davis & Elkins Hosting W.Va. Poet Laureate D&E Press Release March 28, 2017 West Virginia’s Poet Laureate Marc Harshman will share his talents in two public events for the Davis & Elkins College Writers’ Series, Tuesday, March 28 and Wednesday, March 29. Harshman’s second...
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...
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...
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...
Going Farther Together – A Glance into the RCHA Review Elkinite October 10, 2016 The Randolph County Housing Authority (RCHA) has taken the time to reflect on its recent accomplishments. The successes of the RCHA have been felt on a grand scale, as they continue to seek to improve public...
The Business “The Holistic Housewife” builds success on Natural Remedies Elkinite September 23, 2016 The Downtown Elkins business The Holistic Housewife started in the summer of 2015 as a way for owner Amanda McLeese to get some relief from migraine headaches. With information gathered from the internet,...
Weekend Fun in Randolph County: Family Fun, Brews, and Art Elkinite August 20, 2016 Have an event or idea for an article? Email us at elkinite@elkinite.com This is the perfect weekend to get out and enjoy the best of Randolph County. Here are two cool events happening today in Randolph...
Local Training Facility Partners with Chamber of Commerce Elkinite July 25, 2016 SEVENPerformance in Elkins is offering two free TRX / RIP Group Classes per week to anyone who has registered for the Sunset Chase 5K Chamber Challenge. Running a race for the first time can be intimidating,...
Bailey’s House: Young girl with disabilities gets the home of her dreams JoLynn Powers July 20, 2016 Bailey’s house is a home constructed for the specific needs of one disabled young woman and her family in Randolph County, West Virginia. Heather and Will Scott had a long list of needs when their daughter...
West Virginia Needs Your Help Andrew Carroll July 17, 2016 Local flood response organizers are reporting an urgent need for volunteers to help with flood cleanup efforts over the next 10 days. According to Volunteer West Virginia Executive Director Heather Foster,...