All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Buckhannon and Elkins partner to promote Upshur-Randolph tourism in D.C.’s Tysons Corner area

Buckhannon and Elkins approved joint funding — $6,000 from Buckhannon, about $7,000 from Elkins — to partner with the West Virginia Division of Tourism on a Tysons Corner ad and radio campaign to attract D.C. visitors to Upshur-Randolph.

The City of Buckhannon and its neighbor to the east, the City of Elkins, are teaming up to tackle the challenge of attracting visitors to the Upshur-Randolph County area. At its Aug. 21 meeting, Mayor Robbie Skinner asked Buckhannon City […]

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