By - 01/05
Dear Editor:The residents of Pocahontas County have big hearts. I've known this for years, but recently this sentiment has been reinforced by the generosity shown to ...
By - 12/22
Dear Editor:All parties to the discussions about Marcellus shale drilling have used economic arguments to bolster their case. I would like to do something more than ...
By - 12/15
Dear Editor: The prospect of "fracking" the Marcellus shale has both excited some and alarmed other citizens of the county. In areas where drilling has already ...
By - 12/08
Dear Editor:If you've ever grumbled about the way US companies are sending jobs overseas - and who hasn't - here's some food for thought in this holiday shopping ...
By - 12/01
Dear Editor:I would like to comment on Dolan Irvine's statement that assessed property value goes up in heavily drilled counties.He chose his words carefully. He is ...
By - 11/23
Dear Editor:Regarding hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the county's portion of Marcellus shale, battle lines have been drawn between those who want to ban or ...
By - 11/17
Dear Editor:I read the article in last week's paper named, "A Quiet Hero." It was a well-deserved recognition of a Veteran for his actions in Viet Nam. You can see by ...
By - 11/03
Dear Editor:On October 27, CNN reported on the death of a child. The child was Hana Grace-Rose Williams, a 13-year-old girl from Ethopia adopted by an American couple ...
By - 10/27
Dear Editor:A challenge issued by Pocahontas Cooperative Ministries to choirs in the County brought together choir members and friends to help stamp out hunger. Many ...
By - 10/13
Dear Editor:
I would like to commend Mrs. Jessie Beard Powell for hosting the 150th Anniversary of The Battle of the Greenbrier River at her home, Travelers' ...
By - 10/06
Dear Editor:In light of the recent animal shelter articles that have been published, I feel I need to express my opinion. How many of you have pets? How many of you ...
By - 09/29
Dear Editor:These are my observations and thoughts after my trip to Wetzel County:Gas drilling has been going on in Wetzel County for only three years in the Marcellus...
By - 09/15
Dear Editor:Our "Lakota" was a very loyal and loving 130-pound, beautiful German Shepard that was a huge part of our lives for almost three and a half years. He was ...
By - 09/08
Dear Editor:Timing, it seems, is everything.During the last two years, Pocahontas County's domestic animal issues have been in a state of flux. The Humane Society has ...
By - 09/01
Dear Editor:An open letter to the people of Marlinton:
Congratulations!
In two recent months, you have made it into the pages of the Blue Ridge Country magazine.
...
By - 08/26
Dear Editor: As a Pocahontas County youngster in the ‘50s and ‘60s, I had no knowledge that we were poor and no knowledge that we were rich. My mother did not have ...
By - 08/18
Dear Editor:
Pocahontas County is well on the way to establishing itself in the Guiness Book of World Records for the longest sewage controversy in history.
Too ...
By - 08/11
Dear Editor:
Have you noticed the water level of the Greenbrier River lately?
How about Knapps Creek?
Sometimes it is difficult to conceptualize numbers when it ...
By - 08/04
Dear Editor:I wanted to share a recent experience that I had the privilege of sharing with several Pocahontas County youth. The week of July 17 to July 23 the Family ...
By - 07/28
Dear Editor:Acting Gov. Tomblin's socalled "regulations" of the Marcellus shale drilling technology are merely a meaningless campaign statement of a "wannabe" ...
By - 07/21
Dear Editor:If you wish to view something very similar to mountaintop removal coal mining, take a drive on the road between Williamsburg and Trout, two small towns in ...
By - 07/14
Dear Editor:I was so surprised and pleased to find out that Linwood Library is open on the weekends! How cool is that?Tammy, of the Visitor Center, and Cree, the ...
By - 07/07
Dear Editor:
In June I was blessed to be Director of a free youth retreat held at Ambassadors for Christ at Huntersville and sponsored by Pocahontas Cooperative ...
By - 06/30
Dear Editor:
Wouldn't it be prudent of the newspaper to inform the Town of Durbin residents what they will lose if the Town became unincorporated? Apparently those ...
By - 05/26
Dear Editor,I am writing to express my experience with smoking; I was in seventh grade when I first tried smoking. I gave into peer pressure and wanted to fit in. I ...
By - 05/19
Dear Editor;The Marlinton Community Yard Sale was a huge success. People selling items in the Gazebo area said they sold much more than they expected. There were ...
By - 05/05
Dear Editor:
Within a few weeks the process of redistricting the House of Delegates for the next 10 years will begin.
There is a rising tide of sentiment across ...
By - 04/21
Dear Editor:
I was talking to my son last week about why he wasn't saying grace over hislunch at school as much as he did. He said he is afraid he may get into ...
By - 04/14
Dear Editor:
Where are our legislators in the State of West Virginia?
What a shame it is that they are not responding to the cry for help from Mom and Pop ...
By - 04/07
Dear Editor: We elect our leaders not only because we believe they will be responsive to our daily demands, but also because we believe them capable of taking a ...
By - 03/31
Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter in reply to the letter submitted by Donnelle Oxley last week.
First of all, I am Jamie Walker's mother so I won't deny I'm a ...
By - 03/24
Dear Editor:At the last County Commission meeting, I spoke on the dilemma of funding for the ARC, SPCA and Humane Society. It is a complicated situation, and I don't ...
By - 03/17
Dear Editor:
According to the Pocahontas County commissioners, county-owned land in Green Bank is available to new businesses that create new jobs at approximately ...
By - 03/10
Dear Editor:
The operation of the county animal shelter by the Allegheny Recreational Center (ARC) in the county-owned Hanover Shoe building was an agenda item at ...
By - 02/17
Dear Editor:
Whom do they serve?
Every year eight billion dollars' worth of coal is mined in West Virginia (see WVU, BBER-2009-14). With that much cash, it's no ...
By - 02/10
Dear Editor:
What happens after we close the outhouse door or flush the toilets in our homes?
Most think "glad that's over." Actually, this is near the beginning ...
By - 02/04
Dear Editor:
RE: December 23, 2010 article, "PCFL to discontinue services to schools"
It is my understanding that effective March 11, 2011 - unless funding is ...
By - 01/27
Dear Editor:
I am writing in regard to the so-called "horrible sights" that Robin Roys had to endure in regard to conditions the way people in West Virginia treat ...
By - 01/20
Dear Editor:
Smoking kills more Americans than homicides, suicides, car wrecks, fires, alcohol use, drug use, HIV and AIDS combined. If you or someone you know uses ...
By - 01/13
Dear Editor:
Most folks who have received one of those "you have already won..." letters done up to look like a bank check have figured out that if something seems ...
By - 01/06
Dear Editor:
As Christmas swiftly passed and the New Year has been rung in, I'd like to acknowledge everyone who helped make Project Christmas 2010 a grand success.
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By - 12/30
Dear Editor:
Kudos to the Pocahontas County Division of Highways road clearing crews!
While shoveling snow outside our home early Christmas morning, I saw aplow ...
By - 12/23
Dear Editor:
There have been many times throughout history that there have been more people "without" than there were people "with" plenty; the Great Depression ...
By - 12/16
Dear Editor:
When people think of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from war, they usually think of men.
Women veterans, especially of Iraq and Afghanistan are ...
By - 12/09
Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter to ask: "What is happening to Marlinton?"
French's Diner has closed and I have learned that Main Street Fitness and the ...
By - 12/02
Dear Editor:
I read with interest and sadness the article on French's Diner closing. Even though I don't live in Marlinton, I was born in Pocahontas County and ...
By - 11/18
Dear Editor:
I grew up on the streets of Marlinton.
Okay, that may be a bit misleading; I grew up on Main Street, Marlinton. I was born on Main Street, lived on ...
By - 11/10
Dear Editor: This Veterans Day we honor the service and sacrifice our veterans have given for our Nation. They have worked to ensure America's security, and the best ...
By - 10/28
Dear Editor:First, let me compliment Geoff Hamill for an impressive piece of journalistic research.Second, let me repeat my mother’s favorite admonition: If it sounds ...
By - 10/21
Dear Editor:The Pocahontas Times October 7 edition has a letter by Allen Johnson, of Dunmore-area, about King Coal and his problem with the health of people who use ...
By - 10/07
Dear Editor: Pocahontas Memorial Hospital is working hard to continue providing quality healthcare. Quality healthcare is possible only if we can improve our financial...
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 ...
