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Flaherty’s work earns national ‘highlight’

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FAIRMONT — Natalie Flaherty’s work to end hatred and spread kindness has earned her a Gallant Kids feature in the June 2026 and special 80th birthday edition of the award-winning national children’s magazine, Highlights. “It’s exciting,” Flaherty, a seventh grader at Fairmont High ...

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FAIRMONT Friday, May 22 8:13 a.m. — Police assisted the fire department in the 300 block of Downtown Plaza. 9:29 a.m. — Police received an animal complaint in the 300 block of N. Elm Street. 3:54 p.m. — Police received a report of an assault in the 400 block of N. Park Street. An ...

Help alleviates time and cost concerns at Lakeside

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FAIRMONT— Ahead of a busy Memorial Day weekend, and at a time when material and labor costs are rising, volunteers from CHS in Fairmont were able to spend some time trimming at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont on Friday. The cemetery’s manager, Paula Bulfer, estimates that it takes about 65 ...

Fairmont Speech Coach named National Coach of the Year

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FAIRMONT – Fairmont Speech Coach Kathleen Walker has been named the 2026 High School Coach of the Year by the National Speech and Debate Association. She was chosen from a pool of coaches from over 4,000 schools across America. For her, the journey started at the same stage her students are ...

Lieutenant makes his way home to Jackson

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FAIRMONT – Nearly 83 years after going missing during Operation Toenails in the Pacific during WWII, Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Ruth was brought home to Jackson on Friday. Ruth enlisted in Minneapolis on Jan. 15, 1941, and worked his way up over the next year and a half, making it to ...

Brit makes Fairmont stop on 2,000 mile trip

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FAIRMONT – On a 2,000-mile journey to spell the word ‘KINDNESS’ out in America, Keynote Speaker and Author Nahla Summers made a stop in Fairmont on Friday. The original inspiration for Summers, a native of England, to devote her life to being a speaker and challenge-taker came after her ...