By Pamela Pritt, Editor - 12/01
Who owns the property rights to our common ground?
Fragile.
The word applies to our relationship with the land where we live, the business partners we have and ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 10/26
‘
The Way We Worked' was the best thing we've had happen in awhile
For the past six weeks, Marlinton has been the center of a flurry of activity. It was a pretty ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 10/20
Since I have been at this newspaper, we have always had issues with delivery by the U.S. Postal Service. Local delivery problems are few, far between and easily ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 08/26
Lesson learned at a funeral...
About two years ago, we traveled to a funeral for an extended family member. The church was lovely, as was the service. In the ...
By Pamela Pritt, Editor - 05/19
Insulation
I'll confess that when I began as a reporter in this business, I was usually pretty excited when there was a drug bust. The good guys got the bad guys. ...
By Pamela Pritt, Editor - 04/28
My schooling was marked, not only with the passage of a dozen years, but the passage of buildings.
From the time my class "closed" Huntersville School to the ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 04/21
Filling my gas tank has become increasingly painful and everyone I know is feeling the same way. That half-hour commute that I usually (winter excepted) enjoy is ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 03/24
I'm not going to say that if a local business decided it was a good idea to put a 100,000 gallon tank of sewage in my neighborhood I wouldn't be concerned, upset or ...
By Pam Pritt, Editor - 12/23
Here's What I Think
Pamela PrittEditor
I am ill-equipped to write about the Christmas season. After all, I'm no Christmas expert either theologically or historical...
By Pamela Pritt, Editor - 12/16
The laws of nature are fascinating and true. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. An object at rest will stay at rest until acted upon by another force.
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By Pamela Pritt, Editor - 12/09
Pocahontas County may be the third largest West Virginia county in area, but it's nearing the bottom of the list in population. In fact, the population here is ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 12/02
"There's nothing to buy in Pocahontas County."
It's what we say when we want an excuse to go out of town to shop. We're all guilty of it. But we need to change the ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 11/24
A few weeks ago, Alan Johnson remarked in his weekly column that Pocahontas County was blessed with some amazing women. Some of them work behind the scenes, others ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 08/26
Allen Johnson's Library Lines this week is about genealogy. For me, it's a well-timed piece because I did some family history research this month with my mom, Rene ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 03/25
The Local Foods movement has so much going for it, I don’t know where to begin. But there are several reasons everyone should support it, either by growing or ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 02/12
Here’s What I ThinkPamela PrittEditorYou’ll have to forgive my confusion. In the last two elections for county commission, both successful candidates ran on a ...
By Pamela Pritt Editor - 11/02
At long last, the St. Louis Cardinals are World Series Champions. I’m a genetic fan of those redbirds, just because my grandfather loved the Gashouse Gang of the ...
