USFA prescribed burn on Guinn Ridge
Monongahela National Forest fire managers will continue spring prescribed burns on Guinn Ridge (1,462 acres) in Pocahontas County, Thursday, April...
Enjoying ~ and staying active in ~ retirement
Around the world and home again The view out the windows of a beautiful sunroom that overlook the mountains...
MTC agenda items improve and protect
Jaynell Graham Editor Marlinton Town Council addressed a short, but important agenda at its Monday night meeting with a...
DNA testing has gone to the dogs
DNA TESTS RESULTS indicate that Trooper Graham is an American Staffordshire Terrier, Chinese Shar-Pei, Collie, German Shorthaired Pointer, Shetland Sheepdog mix. From...
Sherbs celebrates 101 years
HAZEL UNDERWOOD SHERBS celebrated her 101st birthday with family and friends Saturday. The pages of the calendar may continue to turn,...
MTC meeting short, hopeful and productive
Jaynell Graham Editor Marlinton Town Council met Monday night and flew through its agenda, most of which focused on...
Alert: Frontier Telephone Outage
Frontier Communications reports a major telephone outage in the town of Marlinton. This is due to a major card outage....
Snowshoe Foundation raises funds, gives recognition, makes a difference
RANDOLPH COUNTY RESIDENT and second year D & E student Zandra Kelley received the $14,000 Highland Scholarship at the Snowshoe Foundation Winter...
On the Bookshelf ~ ‘Out of the Storm,’ The Galford Lumber Company
FINDING HOPE IN a hopeless time, Glen Galford moved his sawmill and his men to Northfield, Massachusetts, in 1939 to help clean...
South Carolina man charged with negligent homicide
Jaynell Graham Editor John Anthony Mazzuch-elli, Jr., 51, of Duncan, South Carolina, has been charged with negligent homicide in the...
Law enforcement and schools partner to ‘Handle With Care’
ANDREA DARR, Director of West Virginia Center for Children’s Justice and designer of the Handle With Care program. J. Graham photo...
Winter Storm Warning
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow in the higher elevations in...
Back found guilty by jury
Jaynell Graham Editor A jury was seated December 15 in a case the State of West Virginia vs Tracy...
Grand Jury hands up indictments against eight individuals in December Term
According to Pocahontas County Circuit Clerk Connie Carr, the Grand Jury handed up indictments against eight individuals during its December...
Good news and an interesting proposal on MTC agenda
Jaynell Graham Editor It was announced at Monday night’s Marlinton Town Council meeting that Marlinton Fire Department’s ISO rating...
Elk River Ramblers – life, music and a day job
Photo courtesy of Tom WalkerOn October 23, 2016, Pocahontas County musicians took to the stage at the Opera House to...
Military service – a foundation for life
JOE AND CHRISTINE Sharp at their home on Third Avenue in Marlinton. The couple found their retirement home while biking on the...
Barlow, Groseclose win, Brunch Bill passes, levy fails
Election results poured into the Pocahontas County courthouse in record time Tuesday night, with Precinct 18 reporting in by 8:02...
Hospitality industry supports Brunch Bill
‘Are we about tourism or not?’ ~ Frank DeBerry The 2016 West Virginia Legislature passed, and Governor Earl Ray...
Capito visits GBO
US Senator Shelley Moore-Capito visited the Green Bank Observatory Friday to learn more about the facility with regard to past...
