News
on February 11, 2010
Good water is the most important substance for human life. The human body can survive for weeks without food but will perish within days without good water.
on February 11, 2010
A local homeowners group and environmental group issued statements on the proposed re-opening and expansion of a limestone quarry near Linwood.
on February 11, 2010
The only full-service private fitness center in Pocahontas County is facing extinction.
on February 8, 2010
According to Magistrate Court records, the following individuals were either arrested or had activity in their cases.
In Magistrate Kathy Beverage's court:
on February 8, 2010
After reviewing letters from three residents who expressed interest in filling the council seat left vacant by Veronica Lane, Durbin council voted Monday for former Durbin mayor Paula Dilley to be the new councilmember.
In other action:
on February 8, 2010
Marlinton Elementary School teachers and principal Ron Hall made a plea to the board of education to reconsider abolishing a second grade teacher's position and placing her in another classroom at Monday's meeting.
on February 4, 2010
The newest member of the Pocahontas County Public Service District (PSD) board wants to go back to the drawing board for a solution to the Snowshoe area's sewage problem.The PSD board debated the issue at its January 25 meeting at the Durbin waterworks building.
on February 4, 2010
An electrical wind facility in northern Greenbrier County will be allowed to operate, but on a smaller scale than originally planned, under an agreement reached as part of a federal lawsuit.
on February 4, 2010
After a long search, a project team with the Beckley Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) has found a site for a veterans clinic near Lewisburg.
on February 4, 2010
The Primary Election ballot is no longer empty. Candidates filed for office right up to the midnight Saturday deadline. All courthouse offices have contested races through November.
on February 4, 2010
The Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) rang in the new year with pay raises for all of its employees.
on February 4, 2010
Green Bank and surrounding areas could get a public water system in the near future if the Pocahontas County Public Service District (PSD) approves a plan proposed by Thrasher Engineering.
on February 4, 2010
Faced with the fact that Pocahontas Memorial Hospital's peripheral businessesﾗOur Ambulance, PMH Clinic and PMH Home Health Agencyﾗare consistently losing revenue, the hospital board decided last Tuesday to sell the home health business.
on February 4, 2010
According to a story in the Parkersburg News-Sentinel, Dr. J. Patrick Law, Superintendent of Pocahontas County Schools, has been chosen to be Wood County's superintendent by unanimous vote of that county's board of education.
Read more next week in The Pocahontas Times.
on January 28, 2010
Wind turbines atop Tamarack Ridge are a step closer to reality. On Monday evening, Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) hearing examiner Alexander Skirpan issued a report recommending that a complaint against Highland New Wind Development, LLC (HNWD) be dismissed.
on January 28, 2010
On January 22, Marlinton Mayor Dennis Driscoll responded to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by The Pocahontas Times on January 14. The newspaper had requested information on an executive (closed-door) session of the Marlinton council held on January 13.
on January 28, 2010
According to Magistrate Court records, the following individuals were either arrested or had activity in their cases.
In Magistrate Kathy Beverage's court:
on January 28, 2010
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County commissioners got an update from architects and engineers Tuesday about a proposed courthouse annex projected to cost about $4 million, including upgrades to the existing historic courthouse.
on January 28, 2010
Circuit Clerk Earl ﾓButchﾔ Michael is cagey about whether or not heﾒll seek the office heﾒs held since 1980.
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