Eric Cravey

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Eric Cravey

FAIRMONT — When Mike Estep got the call to travel to McDowell County, West Virginia, he did not hesitate. Estep, the lead pastor of LIFE United Methodist Church in Fairmont, has deep roots in McDowell County "that go back to the 1800s pioneer days." He had read the accounts of the March flooding and it tugged at his heart. He gets frustrated talking about the unmet needs of a county that, in its heyday, had a population of 120,000-plus residents.

1 week ago | timeswv.com | Eric Cravey

FAIRMONT — When Mike Estep got the call to travel to McDowell County, West Virginia, he did not hesitate. Estep, the lead pastor of LIFE United Methodist Church in Fairmont, has deep roots in McDowell County "that go back to the 1800s pioneer days." He had read the accounts of the March flooding and it tugged at his heart. kAmw6 86ED 7CFDEC2E65 E2=<:?8 23@FE E96 F?>6E ?665D @7 2 4@F?EJ E92E[ :? :ED 96J52J[ 925 2 A@AF=2E:@? @7 `a_[___\A=FD C6D:56?ED]k^Am kAmQ(9J 42?

1 week ago | register-herald.com | Eric Cravey

FAIRMONT – When Mike Estep got the call to travel to McDowell County, West Virginia, he did not hesitate. Estep, the lead pastor of LIFE United Methodist Church in Fairmont, has deep roots in McDowell County "that go back to the 1800s pioneer days." He had read the accounts of the March flooding and it tugged at his heart. kAmw6 86ED 7CFDEC2E65 E2=<:?8 23@FE E96 F?>6E ?665D @7 2 4@F?EJ E92E[ :? :ED 96J52J[ 925 2 A@AF=2E:@? @7 `a_[___\A=FD C6D:56?ED]k^Am kAmQ(9J 42?

1 week ago | timeswv.com | Eric Cravey

FAIRMONT — Members of the Fairmont and West Virginia faith community came bearing gifts to a local minister on Saturday. Led by the Rt. Rev. Matthew Cowden, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, ministers came to support the induction of Rev. Dean Lawrence as Rector at Christ Episcopal Church. kAmQq:D9@A |2EE96H[ H6 92G6 4@>6 E@86E96C E@52J E@ H6=4@>6 E96 #6G] s62? {2HC6?46[ H9@ 92D 366? 49@D6?

1 week ago | timeswv.com | Eric Cravey

WHITE HALL — Cynthia Black had heard about and read about the West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Senior Queen Pageant many times, but had never considered becoming a contestant until this year. When one of her friends in the Silver Sneakers program she attends at the Baptist Temple in East Side invited her to check it out, she did, and it paid off. Black, a lifelong resident of Grant Town, is now the 2025 West Virginia Three Rivers Festival Senior Queen.