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A Franklin, WV man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison in the malicious wounding of his weeks-old infant daughter at a Highland County home last February. Dressed in orange and black jail garb, Timothy Windett, age 33, declined to make a statement before Highland Circuit Court Judge Edward…

A Monterey man charged last year with shooting at his girlfriend as she sat in her SUV will serve months in jail after pleading guilty in the firearms assault. Charles “Chuck” H. Smith, age 56, entered guilty pleas of shooting into an occupied vehicle and destruction of property charges, both…

Highland County Supervisors have voted to cover a $687,000 schools matching-grant spending shortfall that has haunted them for months. In doing so, the board, in essence, is gambling on proposed deal that could see the state return 75 percent of those dollars to fund future capital improvement projects to benefit…

It didn’t take long for Highland County School Board members to get back to work after electing a new chair and vice-chair during their first monthly meeting of 2026. The three-member board on Jan. 16th elected Vice Chair Sherry Sullenberger as the chairman, then chose last year’s chair, Jason Wilfong,…

Highland County officials appear to be warming to creating a new financial director position, but just how that position will be funded is still undecided. The brainchild to create the position was Jayson Wilfong, the former County School Board Chairman, who suggested the county create the position during a Board…

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a $20,000 matching grant to spend on marketing for this year’s Highland County Maple Festival. In a Jan.23rd press release, Chamber Executive Director Chris Swecker announced the grant from the Virginia Tourism Council, or VTC, through its Special Events and Festivals…

American Lung Association’s “State of Tobacco Control” report releases West Virginia grades for tobacco control policies, outlines steps to reduce burden of tobacco

Black Bear Harvests in West Virginia help to keep the population stable and minimize human-bear contacts

Regarding concerns that reducing teachers will cause very large class sizes, Williams said that by eliminating the social Studies and the ELA teaching positions at the high school, the number of students in the remaining ELA and Social Studies classes would still remain small – 18 students at most.