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Staff Writer Omega Tactical Concept trainer Bob Mefford walks with an area police officer in the gymnasium at the old Homestead School building Wednesday. Local law enforcement trained in the building Wednesday for an active shooter situation. The Inter-Mountain photos by Edgar Kelley A local law enforcement officer is led down the hallway of the old Homestead School and toward a classroom by Omega Tactical Concepts trainer Bob Mefford Wednesday, as two area teachers pose as students in distress. The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Members of the Elkins Police Department, the...
bjohnson@theintermountain.com ELKINS — The City of Elkins has reappointed City Clerk Jessica Sutton and given her a raise of $6,000 per year. Elkins City Council set Sutton’s new compensation rate at $54,000 per year and reappointed her for another two-year term during a recent council meeting. “Madame Chairman, it gives me great honor to recommend the approval of Resolution 1364,” Second Ward Councilman Charlie Friddle stated at the meeting. All 10 council members voted to approve the resolution. “Thank you very much for your support,” Sutton said after the vote. Sutton has been ...
Staff Writer The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Three CIty of Elkins Sanitation Department workers were handed keys to the city from Mayor Van Broughton on Tuesday. From left are Elkins Police Chief Travis Bennett, Richard Holland, Donald Huffman, Zackary Ketterman, EPD officer Kevin Shiflett, Brandon Harris, Brian Jenkins and Broughton. The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Brian Jenkins, Zachary Ketterman and Brandon Harris were awarded keys to the city from the City of Elkins and Mayor Van Broughton on Tuesday. The three Sanitation Department workers helped a child in dist...
bjohnson@theintermountain.com ELKINS — A local woman was arrested Friday afternoon and accused of attempting to drown a child in a water puddle downtown. Catherine Alexis Briggs, 20, was charged with child abuse creating serious injury or death. She was booked at 4 p.m. Friday afternoon and is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail. No bond was set. According to a press release late Friday afternoon by Elkins Police Department Chief Travis Bennett, “This afternoon Elkins Police Department officers responded to the alley between S. Davis Avenue and S. Railroad Avenue for a report of...