By - 08/26
Dear Editor:For three and a half weeks this summer, I attended the National Youth Science Camp (NYSC) at Camp Pocahontas near Bartow. This was a life-changing ...
By - 08/23
Dear Editor: A year ago, being concerned for my own physical safety, I showed our prosecutor, Donna Price, posts on an internet website based here in the county, ...
By - 08/12
Dear Editor:As many readers and citizens are already aware, I and my family have recently been through a divorce. While this has been a mostly private and amicable ...
By - 08/05
Dear Editor,
As a resident of Pocahontas County, to whom coal mining and mineral rights feel like distant things I learned about in West Virginia history class ...
By - 07/29
Dear Editor:From statehood in 1863 through 1972 Pocahontas County always had a member in the House of Delegates. From Benoni Griffin (1863-64) through Tom Edgar ...
By - 07/22
Dear Editor:The July 15 PSD meeting was a sham designed to ensure that the Thrasher sewage treatment plan is sent to the DEP despite its higher cost, inherent risks ...
By - 07/15
Dear Editor:My daughter, Tatiana, who is on active duty and an Iraq War veteran, came home to visit during the Fourth of July holiday. She was surprised that there ...
By - 06/24
Dear Editor:County Commission president Martin Saffer on his web-site states, “All property rights are first derived from the power of the federal and state government...
By - 06/17
Dear Editor:Although well written, the Lawrence Cameron anti-planning letter (June 10) is just another libertarian lament. Had there been a comprehensive county plan ...
By - 06/10
Dear Editor:Jay Miller’s arguments in favor of developing a “comprehensive” plan for the county have, in this writer’s opinion, practically no merit. His major ...
By - 05/27
Dear Editor:In the last two elections we changed two county commissioners. The upcoming will change the third.The three once-popular commissioners we had two elections...
By - 05/13
Dear Editor: I had a great experience and would strongly urge anyone who is looking for a loving, healthy pet to check out Pocahontas County's selection of wonderful ...
By - 05/07
Dear Editor:I decided to end my term as a member of the Pocahontas County Board of Education due to some health concerns. I would like to take this opportunity to ...
By - 04/01
Dear Editor: As you and many of your readers are aware, I volunteer for Operation Shoebox a military support group for our men and women serving in war zones.It was ...
By - 03/25
Dear Editor: Marlinton has a new friend in a small group called GoMarlinton. Developed in December 2009, the group is made up of business owners, and local citizens. ...
By - 03/19
Dear Editor:Open Letter to: Senators Byrd, Rockefeller & Representative RahallSubject: Obama CareGentlemen:Now that the Federal Government has mismanaged: the Post ...
By - 03/11
Dear Editor:The helicopter crash in the north county reminds us of the valuable services of our fire, emergency and search and rescue volunteers. They are county ...
By - 02/26
Daer Editor: I wanted to thank David Fleming, Reta Griffith and Martin Saffer who were on WVRM on February 13th. I felt like I was listening to democracy in action ...
By - 02/18
Dear Editor:Here is what I think about what you think:Editor Pam Pritt does a great disservice to a necessary and long overdue political dialogue. She unnecessarily ...
By - 02/12
Dear Editor:How shameful when people hear a man’s name and are immediately against whatever he proposes.I believe this is the case with the Linwood quarry, the ...
By - 01/21
Dear Editor:As I was reading my Pocahontas Times today about what happened in 2009, I saw my name where I was appointed to the Marlinton Town Council in March. Where ...
By - 01/14
Dear Editor:Project Christmas 2009 was a sweet success. I write this article with a heart full of genuine gratitude. Each year the Family Resource Network faces the ...
By - 01/03
Dear Editor, Four out of five Promise Scholar Graduates are now staying in West Virginia – either in the workforce or pursuing graduate studies including medicine and ...
By - 12/21
Dear Editor:In the November 30 Pocahontas Times, Bill Rock, General Manager of Snowshoe, stated that a regional plant was the only “effective answer for the uneven, ...
By - 12/14
Dear Editor:I am a native born West Virginian and most of the time very, very proud of that heritage.But what makes me ashamed is to see local hunters hunting with ...
By - 12/07
Dear Editor:We find it hard to believe that a county so generally opposed to the process of eminent domain and so completely adamant about property owner’s rights has ...
By - 11/16
Dear Editor:On Thursday, November 16, thousands of individuals will participate in the American Cancer Society’s “Great American Smokeout.” It is a day when smokers ...
By - 11/09
Dear Editor:Drew Tanner’s article in last week’s copy of the Times concerning the vote of the County Library Board to close the Durbin Library was indeed depressing. ...
By - 11/02
Dear Editor:Yesterday I stopped in the Solid Waste office and had a chat with Ed Riley about the future of our county landfill and the green boxes. Pocahontas County ...
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