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International Dark Sky Association The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) awarded Watoga State Park in West Virginia with official Dark Sky Park status October 18, 2021.  The adjacent Calvin Price State Forest and nearby Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park also jointly...

Ben Dunz and Makayla Vandevander were named 2021 Homecoming King and Queen Friday night during Pocahontas County High School’s Homecoming game. Photo courtesy of PCHS

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Clover Lick native Kelsey Beverage has always been an adventure seeker. She began her career at Snowshoe Mountain Resort at a front desk during her college years, but it wasn’t long before she was taking new...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer   In 1940, 11 friends pooled their money and bought a tract of land on which to build a hunting camp near Spice Run on the border of Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties. Dubbed Beaver Lick Hunting...

Laura Dean Bennett Staff Writer   Pepperoni rolls are an original culinary treasure of West Virginia. These delicious creations are said to have originated with Frank Argiro, an Italian coal miner, who, after he quit the mines, opened up the...

Joseph and Christine Sharp have constructed, stocked and registered their Free Little Library, located at the lower end of Third Avenue in Marlinton. The box, handmade by Joseph, is waterproof, but will be getting an overhang and awning this week....

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Downtown Marlinton – specifically on Main Street – has seen its fair share of destruction over the years. On January 2, 1968, the Alpine Hotel Building was destroyed by fire. On November 10, 2013, in the next block,...