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Elkins water rate hike to take effect ‘immediately’ | News, Sports, Jobs
ELKINS — Elkins City Council approved a 32% water rate hike on its second and final reading this week. A second increase of 3 percent has been recommended for the summer of 2023. After both increases, accounts using the average residential amount of water — 3,400 gallons per month — would see an increase of $15.20 per month, or about 50 cents a day. Council discussed the rate increase prior to the vote during Thursday evening’s meeting. “I’ve received this criticism or question, why are we raising the water rates instead of just dipping into the general fund,” First Ward Councilman Rob Chenoweth said. City Attorney Gerri Roberts…
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New Steam Game Immediately Becomes Top Seller
A new game that released on Steam today has immediately launched to the top of the platform’s “Top Sellers” chart. For the most part, Steam’s Top Sellers chart is full of a ton of different titles. Some of these games are ones that aren’t launching for months (Destiny 2: Lightfall) while pieces of hardware like the Steam Deck also always appear near the top. And while there’s a chance that the Top Sellers list could change before in the coming days, this week’s biggest new game release seems to have already gotten off to an incredibly hot start on Steam. As of this moment, Disney Dreamlight Valley has now become the…
