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bjohnson@theintermountain.com ELKINS — The number of ballots cast in Tuesday’s Elkins Municipal Election was more than double the amount of votes cast in 2019, city officials said. A total of 1,017 ballots were cast in Tuesday’s election, according to information provided Wednesday by the City of Elkins. These election results will not be official until after canvassing on March 8 and certification on March 10. The 1,017 ballots cast in 2021 “is approximately double the 476 total votes cast in 2019 and the 572 total votes cast in 2017,” Sutton Stokes, the city’s external affairs ...

Staff Writer The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Jerry Marco will take office as Elkins mayor on April 1. Submitted photo Current Elkins Mayor Van Broughton, left, hands his gavel Wednesday to Jerry Marco, who won a decisive victory in the mayor’s race in Tuesday’s municipal election. Broughton chose not to seek re-election. Submitted photo Current Elkins Mayor Van Broughton, left, hands his gavel Wednesday to Jerry Marco, who won a decisive victory in the mayor’s race in Tuesday’s municipal election. Broughton chose not to seek re-election. ELKINS — Jerry M...

bjohnson@theintermountain.com ELKINS — Elkins City Council voted down a proposed ordinance Thursday evening that would have allowed ATVs and UTVs to drive on city streets. Three council members voted in favor of the proposed ordinance Thursday, while seven members voted against it. The proposal had been returned to the Rules and Ordinance Committee for revision after it divided council on a 5-5 vote in December. City Clerk Jessica Sutton began the discussion of the proposed ordinance at Thursday’s meeting by saying it had been “substantively changed,” although several council members ...

ELKINS — Elkins City Council will vote once again tonight on allowing ATVs and UTVs on the city’s streets. The agenda for tonight’s meeting includes

bjohnson@theintermountain.com ELKINS — A virtual Candidate Forum for the March 2 Elkins Municipal Election is set for next week. The Randolph County Democratic Women are organizing the forum, to be held on the Zoom platform. The event is set for 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday. All candidates on the ballot, which features open positions for mayor and one city council member in each of the city’s five wards, are welcome to take part in the forum. “Candidates will be asked to introduce themselves and explain why they’re running for office,” a Friday press release states. “There will be a ...