Before and after photos of property along Upper Tannery Row in the town of Marlinton show some of the improvements taking place in the town due to the efforts of Marlinton Code Enforcement Officer Scott Gibb, town employees and local...
Read moreJill MaluskyGBO Information Officer Budding scientists in Green Bank will embark on a new mission this week. Students in Julie Brown’s seventh grade class have planned extensively to launch a 12-foot diameter, high altitude helium balloon to conduct several scientific...
Read moreBarry Steiner Ball graduated from The Citadel with a B.A. in Psychology and from Duke University with a Master of Divinity, and was ordained as a United Methodist Minister. Ball served three different charges on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in Talbot...
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Fort Warwick owner Bob Sheets, center, shows visitors some of the information on display at the fort’s museum, which had its grand opening Saturday. The museum includes the history of the Revolutionary War era fort, as well as artifacts from...
Read moreTim WalkerAMR Reporter At the May 12 Pocahontas County Broadband Council meeting, Mike Holstine suggested a number of talking points to use when communicating with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about Frontier’s pending RDOF bids to provide broadband to most...
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Talent and creativity were on display Thursday evening at the Pocahontas County Opera House for the annual Evening with the Arts event hosted by the Marlinton Woman’s Club. Above, artwork by Pocahontas County High School students – at left, a series...
Read moreJaynell GrahamEditor With 16 or 16 precincts reporting, the Pocahontas County Board of Education race was decided early Tuesday night. Becky Campbell, Central District candidate and former board member, was top vote getter with 793 votes, followed by Southern District...
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West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, far left, visited Pocahontas County High School Thursday and presented the Class of 2022 with the Jennings Randolph Gold Award, which is given to West Virginia schools with 100 percent of the senior...
Read moreTim WalkerAMR Reporter At its May 3 meeting, the Pocahontas County Commission approved Region 4’s routine draw request #1 from the County Broadband Project. This led to a discussion about the efforts to bring high-speed broadband to the county. Commission...
Read moreSuzanne StewartStaff Writer At the Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting May 3, Adventure Pocahontas Nature’s Mountain Classroom director Tracey Valach gave a report on the past year’s success and plans for expansion of the program to include all grade...
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