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Paint Creek Banjo artisan Zack Kitchen shares a display of the many banjo styles he makes, including the one he is...

Tourism Secretary Kayla Kessinger, center, presented the Future of Tourism Award to Snowshoe Highlands Area Recreation Collaborative (SHARC), representatives Zen...

Huge gratitude to all the contestants and big congrats to the winners of 2026 Hammons Fiddle Banjo Contests: Old Time...

by Joe Miller Three years ago, Ham-as launched the third-deadliest terrorist attack in modern history, killing around 1,200 people across...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter At the Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority meeting September 30, Vice-Chairman Nancy Harris provided a copy...

Heather Niday Allegheny Mountain Radio West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey made a swing through our region October 2 and stopped...

A startlingly beautiful pond that someone built at some point to enjoy being around water. Photo courtesy of Joel Christian...

Marlinton Fire Department made its annual visit to Marlinton Elementary School Tuesday to talk to the students about the importance...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Monday night’s Marlinton Town Council meeting, recorder Tina Barkley explained to council that the next election...

Winners of the 35th RoadKill Cook-off ~ The Dolly Possums, the team from High Rocks. The team was joined by RoadKill...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer When settlers first came to Pocahontas County, life was hard. What they saw in front of...

At the annual Governor’s Conference Tourism September 22 in Charleston, the Mon Forest Towns Partnership (MFTP) received two Almost Heaven...

a dedication ceremony was held at Judy Fencecraft last Friday for the naming of the newly built Cheat Bridge. The...

by Joe Miller Last week, Caroline and I saw “The Tempest” at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia. I’ll...

VanReenen Funeral Home, on the corner of Ninth Street and Second Avenue in downtown Marlinton first opened in 1905 under the...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer For more than 80 years, the Benedum Foundation has provided grants and special funding to organizations...

Karlee Holley Nikki Bowman Mills Hunter Berry Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The leaves have started to change and are slowly...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer At the September 15 Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting, superintendent Dr. Leatha Williams providing information...

Michael Holstine Contributing Writer Pocahontas County has been waiting for broadband internet to arrive for far too long. What has...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Chealsea Faulknier delivered that entity’s 2025-2026 Annual Report...