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on May 16, 2013
The United States has the highest incarceration rate and largest prison population in the world. More than one out of every 100 Americans is in jail, largely due to punitive drug laws.
on May 16, 2013
It's hard to imagine a battle breaking out in peaceful Pocahontas County. But that's just what happened 150 years ago, when Union troops stormed out of Beverly to attack Lewisburg and points south. The blue-clad troops met their stiffest resistance atop Droop Mountain in November 1863.
on May 16, 2013
Marlinton Rotary Club officer Roger Trusler congratulates Jessica Lovelace, of Dunmore, for winning the 2013 Rotary Health Sciences Scholarship.
on May 16, 2013
Brain Tankersly, sales manager with Mitchell Chevrolet, presents a check for $750 to Cara Rose, executive director of the Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The money will be used to support fish stocking of the Greenbrier River in Marlinton.
on May 16, 2013
To honor their contributions in Pocahontas County, the Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted a reception for Americorps National Civilian Conservation Corps members on May 10.
on May 16, 2013
The Pocahontas County Convention & Visitors Bureau is looking for three more barns in the county to hang one of these gorgeous quilt blocks. If interested please call the CVB at 304-799-4636 and speak with Executive Director Cara Rose.
on May 16, 2013
The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of West Virginia announced Monday that two Pocahontas County residents had been sentenced, following guilty pleas to charges involving the manufacture of methamphetamine.
on May 16, 2013
By Von Barclay and
Greg Olenik
P.I. Reed School of Journalism
West Virginia University
on May 16, 2013
With the rain pouring down early Saturday morning, Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity had to switch to plan B for the Women Build Day event in Durbin.
on May 16, 2013
The 81st legislative session saw hundreds of bills introduced for the House of Delegates and Senate to consider making into law. The majority of the bills focused on the education system in West Virginia.
on May 16, 2013
According to Magistrate Court records, the following individuals were either arrested or had activity in their cases.
Jamie Lee Green, 28, of Marlinton, was arrested May 3 by Cpl. S.H. Hummel on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $500.
on May 16, 2013
The efforts of students at Green Bank Elementary-Middle School were celebrated at the annual Academic Achievement Breakfast Wednesday.
Students were joined by their parents and grandparents at the breakfast and received certificates for their achievements from principal Ricky Sharp.
on May 16, 2013
Superintendent of Schools C.C. Lester started the Super Scholars program three years ago to recognize county students for their continued academic achievements.
on May 16, 2013
After 33 years as an educator in Pocahontas County, Dunmore resident Charles Young didn’t put his educating skills on the shelf – he took them on the road.
on May 16, 2013
Prosecuting Attorney Eugene M. Simmons and Assistant Prosecutor Robert P. Martin announced the conviction by jury of Julian Waddell, 29, of Marlinton.
on May 14, 2013
My friend, Jason Bauserman, aka The Bartow Weatherman, is kind of a health food nut. He got me started on fish oil awhile back and I felt some positive benefits. So, when Jason told me that shiitake mushrooms cure just about everything, I thought I'd give them a try.
on May 14, 2013
Geoff Hamill
News Editor
A car or a truck is a just a machine that takes us from one place to another. But oh.... how we love our cars!
on May 13, 2013
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture will be conducting aerial treatments for biological suppression of black flies on the New, Bluestone and Greenbrier rivers on Thursday, May 16, between 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., weather permitting.
on May 9, 2013
U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito, who represents West Virginia's 2nd Congressional district, was the guest speaker at the Pocahontas County Republicans' May Day Dinner at Pocahontas County High School on May 3. Capito is running for the U.S.
on May 9, 2013
During its meeting Tuesday morning, the Pocahontas County Commission donated $68,350 to a variety of non-profit organizations.