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By: January 23, 2026

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City Hall Flag at Half Mast for General Chuck Yeager

The U.S. flag at Elkins City Hall is at half mast in honor of Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, who died Monday at the age of 97. General Yeager was born in Myra, West Virginia in 1923. In the course of an Air […]

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City Hall News

City Hall News: Week of February 7, 2022

Meeting this week are council’s Finance Committee, Rules & Ordinances Committee, and Personnel Committee. The Finance Committee meets Monday at 10 a.m. on an agenda that includes consideration of a grant application by the Elkins Fire Department; equipment payoffs in various city […]

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Water Department

What’s with the “E” on my water bill?

If you see an “E” next to the number in the “present” column of your water bill, you are looking at an “estimated reading.” The water meters in use here in Elkins have built-in transmitters that are supposed to automatically send water […]

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