Election Changes Due to Charter Adoption
You’re not imagining things. In the past, by this point in November, we would have been gearing up for the municipal election season. As a result of the new city charter adopted in 2020-2021, however, Elkins elections–which were previously held on the first Tuesday in March of odd-numbered years–are now held on the second Tuesday in June, also in odd-numbered years.
As a result, candidate filing and related activities won’t start until February. We are fine-tuning city law to comport with the new charter and will provide precise timetables as soon as that process is complete.
Read more about city elections here.
City Hall News: Week of July 5, 2021
Elkins, W. Va., July 3, 2021: Elkins City Hall will be closed Monday, but garbage will be picked up on the normal schedule. Meeting this week are council’s Personnel Committee, Finance Committee, and ad hoc Fire Chief Hiring Committee. The Personnel Committee […]
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Statement of EPD Chief Travis C. Bennett: At approximately 2:30 p.m. today, EPD officers attempted to perform a welfare check on a male subject in the vicinity of Livingston Avenue. A BOLO alert issued by Upshur County law enforcement had advised that […]
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