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Jane Goodall with infant chimp. Courtesy of Hugo van Lawick BBC Madagascar Red-Ruffed Lemur. Courtesy of Dr. Mike Jarosick Science...

by Joe Miller Last week, my alma mater celebrated its 250th birthday. Hampden-Sydney College, located in Southside Virginia, was the...

by Joe Miller Last week, my son Matt asked me to review his writing sample. The paper is part of...

by Ken Springer Science in Small Bites Author’s Note: For tens of thousands of years, humans have adapted to dramatic changes...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter At its November 4 meeting, the Pocahontas County Commission discussed the future of solid waste collection...

Decomposition can be beautiful. Fungi, moss, insects and other decomposers have covered this downed oak tree. Their collective work will...

by Joe Miller Around one in every five residents of Pocahontas County relies on SNAP – the Supple- mental Nutrition...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Monday night’s Marlinton Town Council meeting began with a discussion about the first check received from...

by Joe Miller I have a confession. I dislike podcasts. I’m a little hesitant to admit that because (a) I...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer At a special Marlinton Town Council meeting Monday night, prospective chief of police Michael Morris appeared...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter At its October 21 meeting, the Pocahontas County Commission agreed to lease the building at 409...

by Joe Miller If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know that I started my career teaching just...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter At an October 15 special meeting of the Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority (SWA), members voted...

Artist’s conception of Ralph Smoot’s demise at the hands of a spirit. Courtesy of Beverly Cook Ken Springer The Beartown...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Pocahontas County Schools superintendent Dr. Leatha Williams shared the school sys- tems’ mission and core beliefs...

The narrow slot cave in present-day Beartown State Park in which a boy found Celeste’s ivory hair barrette on a...

by Joe Miller The last couple of weeks we’ve been discussing literacy rates, which climbed steadily until around 2015, and...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter During the October 7 Pocahontas County Commission meeting, Commissioner Thane Ryder asked EMS Director Chris Lusk...

by Joe Miller Aleysha Ortiz recently completed her freshman year at the University of Connecticut at Hartford. She graduated with...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Marlinton Town Council was joined at its meeting Monday evening by Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors...