Elkins-Randolph County Public Library

09/02/2021

The library has a new page. All future action will take place there: https://www.facebook.com/Elkins-Randolph-County-Public-Library-186532940122358

Our mission is to meet the literacy & informational needs of the public in a warm, caring, courteou

08/26/2021

The library has a new page. All future action will take place there: https://www.facebook.com/Elkins-Randolph-County-Public-Library-186532940122358

08/25/2021

Happy first day back to school, Randolph County kiddos!!!!

The library is offering free children's books for the first month of school. Just stop by the library and pick out a book from our selected items!

08/24/2021

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08/24/2021

Today at the library: monsters and campaigns!!!! Don't miss the D&D meetup from 3:30-5:30 at the Elkins Library. (August 24)

08/24/2021

"Stories at the Park" is today at the Elkins City Park at 10:30 am with stories and a craft. The theme is hibernation, but the story “Bear Can’t Sleep” won’t put up you to sleep!

08/23/2021

Stop by the Elkins-Randolph County Public Library to see our Rosie the Riveter display and learn about how local women supported the war effort in WWII. These women broke a glass ceiling while serving patriotically!

Thank you to Our Town for beginning this initiative and to Linda Shomo for collecting these stories and helping to organize the display!

08/23/2021

The Elkins-Randolph County Public Library is wrapping up the "Tails and Tales" Summer Reading Program with "Hibernation Week."

Stop by the library to complete a Bear Snores On craft or the hibernating animals word search. Listen to podcasts for the digital challenge. As always, there will be a new bingo card which you can complete to win a prize.

"Stories in the Park" will take place at the Sycamore Pavilion in the Elkins City Park at 10:30 on Tuesday, August 24. And don't fret! Although the Summer Reading Program is taking a winter nap, "Stories in the Park" will continue to meet on Tuesdays at the Elkins City Park until it gets too cold to gather outside.

08/22/2021

It's the last week of the "Tails and Tales" Summer Reading Program!

Don't forget to log all those books you read on READsquared (elkinsreads.readsquared.com). Logs finished by the end of September will be honored. You can collect your prize and certificate for finishing the program at the Elkins-Randolph County Public Library.

Our final weekly theme is "Hibernation." 😴🐻😴

08/22/2021

in 1918 Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone visited Randolph County in 1918. They stopped in Elkins, Huttonsville, and stayed at the Cheat Mountain Club on their way to Tennessee. These businessmen took a two-week camping trip though Appalachia along with naturalist John Burroughs. Their expedition helped popularize the automobile as a recreational vehicle. Learn more about early automobile travel in our exhibit "Travel a Turnpike Through Time".

08/21/2021

The Forest Festival 2021 has been canceled. There are still great attractions in and around Elkins...our city parks, the National Forest, and museums. Please take care of one another and recreate safely.

What are your favorite things to do in Randolph County in the fall?

https://www.wboy.com/news/randolph/mountain-state-forest-festival-canceled-for-covid-19-concerns/?fbclid=IwAR1By9yOaMTNQ7PHw8RpKFM5i4WOXG-GSGPDytlbYhBwfe-rr-eEDYtlw2g

ELKINS, W.Va. – The Mountain State Forest Festival Association Board of Directors has announced they have canceled the 2021 celebration. The festival was originally scheduled for Oct. 2 throu…