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Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer It was all about the numbers at the March 7 Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting,...

David Scott and a friend saw an unidentified aerial phenomenon up close and personal on Droop Mountain in 1973. K....

Tim Walker AMR Reporter I spoke with Pocahontas County 911 and Emergency Management Director Mike O’Brien to get his perspective...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer It was a record short meeting at Marlinton Town Council Monday evening with council taking less...

Pocahontas County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Michael O’Brien provided the following report of calls received by the 911...

The Truth is (Still) Out There “Am I the only one who understands the implications of the existence of material...

Bloodhounds have been documented tracking a scent for more than 130 miles. Photo courtesy of WIKI Creative Commons The Nose...

Tim Walker AMR This spring will be a critical time for controversial decisions by the Pocahontas County Commission. Faced with...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer In its first lecture since before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Green Bank Observatory welcomed Professor Dr....

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer It was a short and sweet Valentine’s Day at the February 14 Pocahontas County Board of...

This venomous snake gave up its spleen to cure my headache and its meat for my dinner. Xiao Ming Fever,...

Telemedicine Exam Room at PMH Tim Walker AMR There is a brand-new medical service in Pocahontas County, which allows patients...

Tim Walker Allegheny Mountain Radio The discussion at the February 7 Pocahontas County Commission meeting centered around the commission’s proposed...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The Marlinton Town Council meeting Monday evening was short, yet productive, with council discussing issues that...

Lao Tai and Xiao Ming dine together for the first time since 1949. Lao Taitai’s brother is to her right and...

The author free-climbing the north side of the Great Wall of China. Finding Xiao Ming  Part Two “There are two...

Lao Taitai, Mother of Xiao Ming, left, with her long lost daughter. Note Xiao Ming’s smaller stature resulting from government-imposed...

Winters on the Colonial Frontier Winters long ago were not much different than winters today – but comforts of home...

Before the blight made the American chestnut functionally extinct, it dominated the forest of Appalachia, rising 100 feet in the...

Tim Walker Allegheny Mt. Radio At the January 12 Broadband Council Meeting, Sarah Riley said that the Operations and Maintenance...