Mayor's Corner

Thanks to more volunteers than this Mayor can number, the 2026 First Friday Series at Discovery Junction kicked off May...

This week’s Mayor’s Corner is intended to enlighten all who have purchased lots at Mountain View Cemetery in the past...

Trash is a by-product of the necessities of life – and big business in many areas. But, Oh, what a...

It sounds like my last week at Ruby Memorial Hospital may have been a lot more pleasant than attending the...

As it turns out, I have dealt with more personal health issues in the last three months than the first...

Members of the West Virginia Municipal League have an opportunity every Friday at 11:30 a.m. via Zoom to go over...

With more conversations and questions coming into play about Pocahontas Memorial Hospital’s need for replacement of their waste-water treatment plant...

Participants at the January Mon Forest Town Partnership Retreat in Elkins engaged in a quick brainstorming session of what they’d...

The Mon Forest Towns Board of Directors and Partners began the new year with a planning retreat January 13-14. The...

Since everyone will be busy trying to stay warm this week, I decided this will be the shortest Mayor’s Corner I’ve...

Last week, at the Mon-Forest Towns Partnership quarterly board meeting in Elkins, a reference was repeated that was often used...

Like so many other issues in government and in life, this county’s trash situation, and how to deal with it,...

This week’s Mayor’s Corner provides information regarding the cost of utilities in West Virginia, and proves a point that I...

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better...

I have a lot of things to say, but it is Christmas time. Nothing could be more important than hearing the...

The holidays are enjoyable for all – except for dealing with trash pickup. Watch for the garbage pickup schedule in...

It is wintertime. I can tell, because it was reported to me last week that the cinder-spreader has already broken...

How can it be that, while the rest of us were celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, two members of the West...

Thank you, Mr. Pugh, for bringing your Social Studies class to visit the Marlinton Municipal Building last Thursday. It is...

As a follow-up to last week’s ARC Broadband Celebration at Pocahontas County High School, I wanted to add a reminder...