In the days following June’s deadly flash flooding in Ohio County, first responders like Ohio County Sheriff’s Cpl. Austin Kitzmiller were in the thick of the damage, helping survivors any way they could.

Months later, that spirit hasn’t waned, though it has taken a different form.

Kitzmiller stood outside the Highlands Walmart on Wednesday, along with members of the Valley Grove and Triadelphia volunteer fire departments, collecting shelf-stable foods to stock the pantry that now sits in the basement of Triadelphia United Methodist Church.

That pantry has become a key component of the recovery process for residents of Triadelphia and Valley Grove, the communities hit hardest by the flooding, which killed nine people and destroyed dozens of homes.

On Wednesday afternoon, OCSO officials

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