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Grimm Scientific Industries welcomes 4 Class of 2026 members to team

Business May 30, 2026

MARIETTA - Grimm Scientific Industries recognized four members of the Class of 2026 who are beginning or continuing their careers with the company. Kelsey Bowman recently graduated from Marietta College with a degree in marketing and joined Grimm Scientific Industries as marketing supervisor. In this role, she will oversee branding, digital marketing, trade show strategy, content creation and promotional campaigns for CryoTherm recovery systems. Aidan Herb interned with Grimm Scientific for two years before officially joining the team full-time following his graduation from Miami ...

Redacted term sheet provides additional details on new proposed loan for Justice-owned Greenbrier

Business May 29, 2026

CHARLESTON – Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and his family provided a redacted term sheet for a possible new loan to pay off remaining debts owed by the Greenbrier Resort and related properties to a federal judge by a Wednesday deadline while seeking to keep other details private. In a filing late Wednesday, attorneys for the Justice family submitted a redacted term sheet to U.S. District Court Judge Frank W. Volk for a pending new financing agreement announced last week by the Justices in order to pay off the remaining loan debt on the Greenbrier properties owed to White Sulphur ...

Lambert hired as new Randolph superintendent of schools

Local News May 29, 2026

ELKINS - Dr. Derek Lambert said his first priority as the new Randolph County superintendent of schools will be to build trust within the community and the schools. The Randolph County Board of Education voted at a special meeting Tuesday night in favor of hiring Lambert. "I'm just excited to listen and learn the first couple of months and move forward," Lambert told The Inter-Mountain immediately after Tuesday's meeting. "Statewide, there has been a lot of negative press about public education, school closures and the lack of funds to support schools and students the way that we ...

1 dead, 1 injured in ATV crash

Local News May 29, 2026

BARLOW TWP. – One man is dead and a woman was hospitalized after an ATV crash on Memorial Day. Carl B. Hall II, 47, of Cutler was pronounced dead at the scene after a 2020 Yamaha YFZ450 four-wheeler he was operating traveled off the left side of Barlow Township 268 and struck a tree on Monday, according to a release issued Wednesday evening by the Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Passenger Joyel D. Grady, 34, of Cutler, was taken to Marietta Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries, the release said. A Memorial Health System representative said Thursday she ...

Gov. Morrisey announces America 250 merchandise, calls for bells to be rung on July 4

Local News May 29, 2026

CHARLESTON – With the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence 36 days away, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby announced new merchandise for West Virginians to buy and called on state communities to ring their bells to celebrate on July ...

Backyard Gardener: Shedding some light on shade tree selection

Free Time May 29, 2026

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! We were a little on the dry side but that has all changed this week. Continual downpours since Sunday have brought several inches of rain and even flooding in areas around the valley. The forecast for the next few days is dry and sunny so we can ...