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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...

Beginner Gardening Tips I have been gardening – or helping with the gardening – for nearly 50 years.  Here are...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Frigid temperatures during Christmas break led to frozen pipes at three of the five county schools...

Our very own James Bullard giving his boards a workout at Snowshoe. K. Springer photo Ice is Nice ~ for...

Tim Walker Allegheny Mountain Radio The atmosphere was less fired-up at the January 3 Pocahontas County Commission meeting than it...

Melondy Phillips Staff Writer https://www.youtube.com/@QueenBee1755 Never give up I grew up with the unspoken mottos “waste not, want not,” “make...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer   Although virtual school was one of several options for students during the COVID-19 pandemic, it...

Snowflakes 101 Defining a snowflake ain’t as easy as it used to be. A little clarification is called for before...

Jaynbell Graham Editor Arraignments for the following individuals are scheduled for January 5, 2023 before the Honorable Judge Jennifer P....

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer   All eyes were on the 13-month-old yellow Labrador Retriever in a red vest at the...

18th Century French yarn winder. Photo source: etsy.com Melondy Phillips Contributing Writer Although I grew up in the 1970s and...

Senator Bill Hamilton and Senator Robert Karnes made a trek to Marlinton last Friday to present a check for $30,000...

Hindu painting depicting giving and receiving as a tenet of Karma. What is Karma, Anyway? “Welcome to the Karma Café....

Tim Walker AMR At the December 8 Pocahontas County Broadband Council meeting, Cory Nipper, of Thompson and Litton Inc. (T...