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February 28th, 2013
Over the objection of County Commissioner David Fleming at last Tuesday's Pocahontas County Commission meeting, the commission approved Prosecuting Attorney's Eugene Simmons' hiring of Robert Martin as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney.
February 28th, 2013
The Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation will present The Sea, The Sea on Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $8. Youth 17 and under are admitted free of charge.
Winners of the 2012 Kerrville New Folk competition, The Sea, The Sea is Mira Stanley and Chuck E. Costa.
February 28th, 2013
Every spring, die-hard railroad buffs get the first rides of the season on the rails of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park as part of the annual Railfan Weekend.
February 14th, 2013
Five of the eleven defendants in the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park scrap metal case appeared Thursday in Pocahontas County Circuit Court for pre-trial conferences.
February 14th, 2013
Five of the eleven defendants in the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park scrap metal case appeared Thursday in Pocahontas County Circuit Court for pre-trial conferences.
February 7th, 2013
A mid-winter warm-up, accompanied by heavy rain, brought high water to Pocahontas County communities along the Greenbrier River from Durbin to Seebert Thursday morning.
County authorities went on alert as early as Tuesday as the weather system approached.
January 31st, 2013
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin appointed the Honorable Donald H. Cookman to represent the citizens of the 15th Senatorial District filling the vacancy created when former Senator Walt Helmick stepped down to serve as the Commissioner of Agriculture.
January 24th, 2013
Nine years after the county passed its 911 mapping and addressing ordinance, Pocahontas County residents are changing addresses this spring.
Most everyone–both in the towns and the county–is being assigned new addresses as part of the county's conversion to a 911 address system.
January 10th, 2013
In its first meeting of the new year, the Pocahontas County Commission undid one of its more controversial actions of 2012, withdrawing its support for the Birthplace of Rivers National Monument proposed by the West Virginia Wilderness Coalition and its supporters.
January 3rd, 2013
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied a petition from Arbovale resident Cheryl McCullough to void the votes cast for Pocahontas County Prosecutor-elect Eugene Simmons in November’s general election and to declare outgoing Prosecuting Attorney Donna Price the winner.
December 13th, 2012
Eleven current and former Cass Scenic Railroad State Park employees face felony charges of conspiracy, fraud and theft after indictments were handed up by a Pocahontas County grand jury last week.
December 13th, 2012
A petition filed with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals seeks to void the votes cast for Pocahontas County Prosecutor-elect Eugene Simmons in November’s general election and declare outgoing Prosecuting Attorney Donna Price the winner.
December 6th, 2012
A group of Green Bank residents asked the County Commission for its support to build a recreational trail on county-owned property in their community.
November 29th, 2012
Pocahontas County Commissioners voted unanimously at its November 20 meeting to file a complaint against county Sheriff David Jonese with the West Virginia Ethics Commission.
November 29th, 2012
The Pocahontas County Opera House has something for everyone this winter season, from chart-topping jazz to the best in local traditional music and more.