Two ‘faithful donors’
JOYCE MULLINS AND Sunny Given shared a milestone Friday as each reached the 18-gallon mark for blood donations. Both began donating blood in the 1970s. “It’s something I can do for people,” Mullins said Friday. Given agreed. “I recommend that everyone do it at least once. It is the gift of life.” J. Graham photo Jaynell Graham Editor Joyce Mullins, of Edray, reached an impressive More...
Linwood Market ~ it’s not just for farmers
Tolly Peuleche of Hidden River Farm shows some of the rewards of her green thumb at last week’s Linwood Farmers Market. Peuleche had a wide variety of produce ranging from More...
WV Land Trust hosts tour of Camp Bartow
RE-ENACTORS IN PERIOD uniforms added to Saturday’s celebration of the protection of Camp Bartow. “A few of the re-enactors were actual descendants of a soldiers present More...
New group to offer art instruction and fun at WSP event
Pocahontas County Artisans Co-op Membership Treasurer Charlotte Slagle presents a check for $3,000 to Watoga Art in the Park Treasurer James Shepherd. The first annual Watoga More...
Preliminary hearing held in State v. Newsome
A preliminary hearing, in the case the State of West Virginia v. Erica T. Newsome,37, of Jacksonville, Florida, was held in Pocahontas County Magistrate Court Friday, August More...
Basketball Camp
KODAK Digital Still Camera The kids had a blast at this year’s Barksdale Basketball Camp held at Pocahontas County High School. The week-long camp is conducted by Coach Dave More...
Two Warriors headed for college gridiron
Seated: Danny Kimble and Wyatt Workman. Standing: Jason Brock, Sarah Brock, PCHS Football Coach Doug Burns, Dawn Workman and Matt Workman. Photo courtesy of Cammy Kesterson Two More...
PCHS medals in five events at states
Ryan Irvine wins silver in the discus throw Bruce McKean Contributing Writer For the second straight year the Pocahontas County High School track teams medaled and scored in More...
PCHS track teams tune up for Charleston and Keyser meets
Pocahontas County High School seniors placed in the Single A, 400 meter open in the Gazette Relays: Connor Pyles took second place with a time of 52.71; Kyle Lester was third More...
eTimes for August 17th, 2017
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Preserving Pocahontas
A passenger train and a freight train on the Greenbrier Division of the C&O Railroad were... 
Preserving Pocahontas
This photograph fits the description of a wreck at Milepost 59 (north of Marlinton) September 26,... 
Preserving Pocahontas
The Seebert Depot, agency station and telegraph office with call SB, was located at Milepost 45.77...Dorothy Ervine
Dorothy Lee “Dot” Sampson Ervine, age 88, of Green Bank, slipped peacefully into eternity Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Pocahontas Center in Marlinton. She had been in declining health. Per More...
Clark Phillips..
Clark Phillips, Jr., age 76, of Indian Trail, North Carolina, formerly of Cass, passed away Monday, August 14, 2017, at his home, with his wife and children by his side. Born More...
Robert Gray..
Robert Lee Gray, Jr., age 70, of Durbin, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2017, at the White Sulphur Springs Care Center. Born August 2, 1947, at Marlinton, he was a son of the More...
Mountain Music Trail at the Fair
Rush Run Philharmonic Viney Mountain Bluegrass Boys Three Greenbrier Valley bands, performing on the Sprint More...
Harmony Creek Junction on stage at the Opera House
Harmony Creek Junction will take the stage at the Pocahontas County Opera House, Friday night, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. Harmony..Getting creative to fund art program
Bonnie Gifford Contributing Writer When Art teacher Margaret Baker reviewed her 2017-18 budget for art supplies for the Marlinton Middle and..MES students have a Yew Mountain adventure
Having Fun on a Field Trip to Yew Mountain Center, l to r: Marlinton elementary School fourth graders: Brooklyn More...
Seniors honored at annual Awards Night
Warriors Helping Warriors Scholarship Fund. Sam Gibson, center, presented the new scholarship to, from left: More...
Students celebrate Spanish culture at Foreign Language Festival
Brandon Nottingham Staff Writer Pocahontas County High School hosted its annual Foreign Language Festival Sunday. There was a good turnout for the event, but attendance has gone down over the years. “We just aren’t as big as we used to be,” PCHS Spanish teacher Shirlene Groseclose said. “But we are..GBEMS Student Council visits Pocahontas Center
Brandon Nottingham Staff Writer Green Bank Elementary-Middle School’s 2016-2017 Student Council visited residents and joined in activities at Pocahontas Center last week during National Nursing Home Week. GBMS teacher Amanda Ryder coordinated the trip. Ryder, who was a certified nursing assistant during her college years, talked with the students about..I Remember…
The Pocahontas County Senior Centers will have their annual picnic at Watoga State Park September 15. I am looking forward to good food and spending time with friends – old and new. Anticipating that picnic made me think back to the days when the Department of Highways or “The State Road,”..It’s never too early to plan
National Farmers Market Week celebrated access to fresh, healthy foods. If you’ve ever yearned to grow your own vegetables, but have limited space, you might want to check out Joel Karsten’s books on Straw Bale Gardening. You’ve got all winter More...
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor; Events this week in Charlottesville and the failure of our president to promptly denounce the perpetrators of hate for what they are disturb me. When I go home to our farm near Hillsboro and see Confederate flags start going up on a couple of buildings, that disturbs me. Given..Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: Having attended the WV DEP 401 water quality permit public hearing for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) on Tuesday August 1, I was disappointed to see no evidence of either the local radio or the local newspaper in attendance. Reporting on this meeting certainly More...
Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821-2021
Q. What is the anticline near Huntersville called? A. Devil’s Backbone Q. What are the four land districts of the county?.. 100 Years Ago
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Perry H. Stonecipher was killed while at work on the big mill at Winterburn last Thursday evening... 
