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More than 100 people attended New Hope Lutheran Church’s 150th anniversary, held August 16. Photo courtesy of Marlyn McClendon New...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer April is Donate Life Month, a nationwide designation to spread awareness about organ donation. Each year,...

Erwin Berry and Cetera Cole pose with a trailer load of potted chrysanthemums they grew for Green Bank Elementary-Middle School...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter Pocahontas County Special Solid Waste Authority held a short special meeting September 15, with Chairman Gail...

A new colorful species of lichen was recently discovered in the Appalachains, and has been named after Dolly Parton; Japewiella...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer At its meeting Monday night, Marlinton Town Council was joined via Zoom by Pocahontas County Convention...

by Joe Miller Pocahontas County needs more housing. Housing prices have increased from a median of $99,930 in 2017 to...

A small crowd gathered at Gazebo Park in Marlinton last Friday for the September 11 memorial ceremony. It has been...

After moving to Pocahontas County in 1975, Tom Kinder spent his life serving the county in a variety of businesses...

The Gonyea family on the porch of one of their properties in Marlinton – the Old Clark Inn: Amelia, 10, and Oliver,...

The Meck Family, from left: Malinda, Jacob and Jennalee, pose in front of one of the Allegheny Disposal trucks that has...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter The Pocahontas County Commission agreed, September 1, to authorize Chris Lusk, the county EMS Director, to...

Science Quiz: This unassuming mushroom has a notorious distinction; what is it? Hint: The volva at the base of this fungus,...

by Joe Miller I hate filing taxes. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t mind paying taxes. Caroline and I...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter At the September 1 Pocahontas County Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Superintendent Dr. Leatha Williams advised...

Green Bank resident Bob Vance celebrated his 90th birthday in April with his daughter, Roberta, in Morgantown. Below, Vance, sometime...

Lauren Bennett Contributing Writer Bring the family out for “Mon Forest Friday” – the final First Friday event of 2026....

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer One of the drawbacks – or assets, depending on who you ask – to living in...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS) reminds Medicaid members to take steps now to...

Emily Castilleja Margaret Baker Contributing Writer Emily has had quite the feast on her creative plate lately, designing both the...