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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Vandalia Health’s Davis Health System and Mon Health System hospitals are teaming up to collect donations for the Tygart Valley United Way’s United for Kids Hygiene Drive. Broaddus Hospital, David Medical Center, and Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital are each collecting hygiene...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - All of NCWV is currently experiencing at least abnormally dry conditions as a result of continued dry weather since the start of June. Parts of Tucker and Randolph Counties are seeing extreme drought conditions, which has not been seen in the state since 2010. The good news is that over the next week, we are expecting numerous chances for precipitation. Regardless of how much rain is seen per day, any amount of rain will be beneficial for the area. The best chances for rain tonight and tomorrow will be areas along and to the east of I-79 in areas of the mountains in desperate need of rain. Throughout the next week, more chances of rain are expected to arrive in the area starting Monday and continuing in a scattered variety throughout next week. Michael Moranelli has the details in your First Alert Forecast.

Eight organizations from across West Virginia have received federal grants to help fund afterschool programs including ones in Barbour, Tucker and Preston counties.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - The US Drought Monitor is updated every Thursday, and it’s not looking too great in West Virginia. 99.49% of the state is under some level of drought, and D3 “extreme” conditions are being observed in 13.94% of the state, including portions of Tucker County and Randolph County. In the Drought Monitor’s history (2000 to now), D3 conditions have only been observed in WV on 3 other occasions: September 2010 in the Eastern Panhandle, October 2007 in far southeastern WV, and March-April 2002 in eastern WV, which again included parts of Tucker County and Randolph County. It is important to note that while this newest data was released today, the data only encompasses up to Tuesday at 8am, meaning these most recent conditions are not factoring in the rain we got over the past few days. Still, it’s not common for West Virginia to be so precipitation-deprived. The good news is, we have more rain coming. Friday will be mostly dry, but cloud cover will be increasing from the south as we head overnight. Scattered showers will spread up towards the north as we approach daybreak, so all of us have a good chance of waking up to some rain. By the afternoon, the scattered showers will mostly be confined to the mountains, and will be done there by about sunset. Sunday will be drier, allowing for temps to get a bit warmer than average. Then, chances of rain and storms will ramp up to begin next week, and look to stick around for the entirety of next week.

PARSONS, W.Va. — The Tucker Community Foundation awarded $109,950 in scholarships from over 45 different scholarship funds for high school and college students in Barbour, Grant, Mineral, Preston, Pocahontas, Randolph and Tucker counties in West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland. Scholarship awards ranged from $400 to $8,000 with most...

West Virginia Press Association PARSONS, W.Va. — The award-winning Pickin’ in Parsons bluegrass festival returns, bringing over 20 renowned musical acts to the banks of the Shavers Fork River at the Five River Campground in Parsons, West Virginia, from Tuesday, July 30 through Saturday, August 3.  Celebrating two decades as a must-attend event for bluegrass […] The post World-class bluegrass returns to Tucker County with the annual Pickin’ In Parsons Festival  appeared first on West Virginia Daily News.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - The West Virginia Department of Education has awarded two local school systems funds to help implement high-quality afterschool programs in their schools. Preston County Schools and Tucker County Schools are both recipients of the 2025 Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grants.

PARSONS — Pickin’ in Parsons returns this month with more than 20 renowned and award-winning musical acts, including Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Sister Sadie, The Malpass Brothers and more. The award-winning bluegrass festival will run from Tuesday, July 30 to Saturday, Aug. 3 at the banks of...

PARSONS, W.Va. — The Tucker Community Foundation awarded $109,950 in scholarships from over 45 different scholarship funds for high school and college students in Barbour, Grant, Mineral, Preston, Pocahontas, Randolph and Tucker counties, WV and Garrett County, MD. Scholarship awards ranged from $400 to $8,000 with most in the $1,000 to $2,000 range.

Freeland Loop Trail edges along the Blackwater River in the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge southeast of Davis, West Virginia, in eastern Tucker County in the Allegheny Highlands Region. Photo courtesy Ed Rehbein.

Clouds are caught in motion beyond the Beall Trail in the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Tucker County in the Allegheny Highlands Region. Photo courtesy Ed Rehbein.

Marsha Lynn Raines Lipscomb, 75, a native of Tucker County, West Virginia, and a resident of Greensboro, North Carolina, departed this life early Thursday morning, July 11, 2024, at the Moses Cone Hospital at Wesley Long, Greensboro, North Carolina. She had been in declining health. She was born Friday, Sept....

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has announced federal funding for education projects in Randolph and Upshur counties, and for a solar power project in Tucker County. Capito, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced this week resources from several federal agencies for projects that will...

Summer is flying by and many families are thinking of ways to squeeze in a relatively inexpensive vacation before thoughts turn to the start of the school year. It’s a good thing we’re surrounded by incredible (and close) spots to visit right here in West Virginia. In all...

Despite being 242 miles apart, Tug Valley and Tucker County have established quite the rivalry on the hardwood over the years. While the matchups between the two teams has heated up of late with three high stakes games over the past two years, the two teams had also met up three times prior dating back to the 1998-1999 season.

CHARLESTON – Nearly $9 million in federal funding will be coming to a local Head Start program operating in Randolph, Barbour, Tucker and Pocahontas counties. A total of $8,823,443 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will go to North-Central West Virginia Community Action Association. Sen. Joe...

Editor’s note: During the course of a week, issues are covered that might not lend themselves to full editorial comment, but they are worthy of The Inter-Mountain weighing in — pro, con or neutral. Applause to everyone who has helped organize the July 4th weekend events at the...