Mayhem on the streets of Marlinton
AN EARLY MORNING chase last Wednesday ended near the First Avenue Mini-Park in Marlinton – with a littered street, heavy damage to...
The end of an era ~ Dr. Soriano retires
IT WAS A rare sight – Dr. Luis E. Soriano at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital without his white coat. Deciding that he...
Many and varied were the topics at MTC
MARLINTON TOWN COUNCIL gives its RV variance rules and regulations one last tweaking before voting to adopt the variance as...
First Energy supports county organizations
Pictured, l to r: Watoga Foundation member Mary Dawson, Art in the Park committee member Nancy Smithson, foundation member David...
State police cut into this year’s marijuana harvest
RUMORS filled the air last Wednesday as the West Virginia State Police - Marlinton Detachment, assisted by the state’s aviation...
MTC approves temporary RV variances
Jaynell Graham Editor Marlinton Town Council held a special meeting last Tuesday night to address the issue of a temporary...
MTC calls for special meeting to address RV variance issue
Jaynell Graham Editor With only four items on the agenda, Monday night’s Marlinton Town Council meeting seemed to morph into...
August Grand Jury indictments
Jaynell Graham Editor The August term of Grand Jury convened Tuesday and handed up indictments on one or more charges...
DOH road closure notice
The Division of Highways advises that there will be a temporary closure of Pocahontas County Route 28/2, Brush Run Road,...
Good intentions clash with ordinance at MTC
Jaynell Graham Editor There is a saying that “no decision is a decision in itself,” and that was true at...
A life of faith, soft words and mighty deeds
REV. DR. HOWARD Washington Hinson spent much of his young life in Seebert. With 63 years in the ministry, he...
Do not feed – nor tempt – the bears
Jaynell Graham Editor There have been a lot of bear sightings in the county in the past few weeks, and...
MTC approves fireworks, festival and water project
Jaynell Graham Editor At Monday night’s meeting, Marlinton Town Council approved a contract with Hamburg Fireworks, of Lancaster, Ohio, to...
Dilley, Hollandsworth, Burns win BOE seats
Jaynell Graham Editor Voter turnout in Pocahontas County for the mid-term primary election was just shy of 35 percent. Of...
Lockridge Prescribed Burn
The Monogehela National Forest plans a Prescribed Burn beginning Friday evening, April 13, and continuing Saturday, April 14, at Lockridge,...
Grand Jury indicts 35
Jaynell Graham Editor The April 2018 Grand Jury handed up indictments against 35 individuals in its two-day session last week....
MTC sees light at the end of the tunnel
Jaynell Graham Editor After years of planning, designing and finding funding sources, Wayne Hypes, president of Dunn Engineering, advised Marlinton...
What’s on that vacant lot?
THE FINAL DESIGN has been approved for construction of a park area on the vacant lot adjacent to the Pocahontas County Opera...
MTC approves design for vacant lot
Jaynell Graham Editor Vacant Lot Committee Chairman Joe Smith, and members, Brynn Kusic, Roger Trusler, Lauren Bennett and Norris Long,...
Town water project ready for bid
Gibb fills vacant MTC seat Jaynell Graham Editor Marlinton Town Council had a full, but short – 35 minute –...