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Wednesday May 15 | The Inter-Mountain

24 indicted by Upshur County grand jury

An Upshur County grand jury handed down a six-count indictment on sexually related charges to a local couple accused of getting a teenaged girl drunk and photographing her in explicit acts.

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Related Topix: Buckhannon, WV, French Creek, WV, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Reger, WV

Tue May 14, 2013

The Inter-Mountain

Area attorney sentenced to priso...

A Belington attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for billing the state of West Virginia for services that she did not perform.

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Related Topix: Prison, West Virginia, Federal Prisons, Belington, WV, Elkins, WV

The Inter-Mountain

Principal receives honor

Union Elementary School principal Dr. Sara Stankus thought her students were focusing on the annual WESTEST Monday, so she could not fathom the reason she was being summoned to the gymnasium.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Mon May 13, 2013

The Inter-Mountain

Man's Walk for Hunger will hit area

A man on a Walk for Hunger through all 55 counties in West Virginia soon will come to this part of the state.

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Related Topix: Wayne County, WV

The Inter-Mountain

Tourism leaders joining a three-county program

Tourism leaders along Corridor H are banding together in a regional effort to bring travelers to the three-county area.

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Related Topix: Lewis County, WV, Randolph County, WV

Fri May 10, 2013

The Inter-Mountain

Horse and Carriage Parade to hel...

The United Horseman's Association Equestrian Team from Virginia will highlight Saturday's second annual Horse and Carriage Parade down Strawberry Lane in Buckhannon.

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Related Topix: Horse, Pets, Buckhannon, WV, Life, Food, Food Festival

The Inter-Mountain

Richard Landis

He was born April 7, 1934, in Upshur County, a son of the late William Forrest and Loverna Pearl Armstrong Landis.

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Related Topix: Buckhannon, WV, French Creek, WV, Weston, WV

Wed May 08, 2013

Charleston Daily Mail

Horse and carriage parade a 'berry' good idea

More than 50 carriages are expected for Saturday's Horse and Carriage Parade at the West Virginia Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon.

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Related Topix: Buckhannon, WV, Arts, Photography

Tue May 07, 2013

Charleston Daily Mail

Area farm dinners offer feast from fields

If you love great locally sourced food, fine wine and good company - all enjoyed against a backdrop of sweeping views of West Virginia's rolling farmland - have I got a few ideas for you! West Virginia's own farm-to-table ambassador, Chef Dale Hawkins, will start welcoming guests at a monthly farm dinner series as he turns his Upshur County Fish ... (more)

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Related Topix: West Virginia, Agriculture, Science, Rock-Cave, WV, Lewisburg, WV

Mon Apr 29, 2013

The Inter-Mountain

Murder-for-hire trial postponed

The trial of two men allegedly involved in what investigators believe is a murder-for-hire plot has been delayed at the request of the prosecuting attorney.

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Related Topix: Weston, WV, Buckhannon, WV, Reger, WV

Sat Apr 27, 2013

WCHS-TV Charleston

Upshur County Layoffs

Buckhannon, Upshur County , West Virginia Officials with the Corhart Refractories plant in Buckhannon say up to 64 of the plant's 150 employees will be temporarily laid off starting July 1. Corhart makes refractory products for the glass industry.

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Related Topix: Buckhannon, WV

The Inter-Mountain

Buckhannon resident acquitted in child abuse trial

A jury on Friday acquitted a Buckhannon man of a child abuse resulting in death charge after deliberating less than three hours over two days in Upshur County Circuit Court.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Buckhannon, WV, Criminal Defense Law, Reger, WV

Fri Apr 26, 2013

The Inter-Mountain

Mining officials respond to Rockefeller's bill

While applauding the efforts of two West Virginia senators hoping to improve the safety of America's coal miners, a spokesman for an industry organization was critical of the bill introduced to Congress for the fourth time in three years.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Joe Manchin, US Senate, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Senator Jay Rockefeller

Thu Apr 25, 2013

The Inter-Mountain

Job seminars coming to library

The Community Connect Foundation of Charleston, in partnership with the West Virginia Library Commission and the West Virginia Association of Counties, will host a series of job development seminars at the Upshur County Public Library Monday and Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Charleston, WV, Buckhannon, WV, Tennerton, WV