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April 26th, 2010
Fearing loss of tax and utility revenue and the possibility of losing potential flood protection, Marlinton town council voted against participating in FEMA buy-outs for flood prone properties last Wednesday.
April 22nd, 2010
Virginia is for lovers, but wild and wonderful West Virginia is for people who love to fish.
April 15th, 2010
People probably get tired of hearing 'you need more exercise' but a long-term Stanford University study confirmed what we already knew. Regular running slows down aging, extends your life and improves your quality of life in later years.
April 15th, 2010
After a rocky start to the third week of the season, PCHS baseball rebounded to win a double header at Midland Trail on Friday and improve their record to 3-7.
April 7th, 2010
The health care reform law is a mystery to many of us. Political pundits argue endlessly on TV and it's difficult to decide who or what to believe.
April 7th, 2010
The Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) board places a high priority on recycling and education of the importance of recycling to the environment.
April 5th, 2010
Virginia is for lovers, but wild and wonderful West Virginia is for people who love to fish.
April 1st, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive study to investigate the potential environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, a technique becoming more common with increased use of horizontal drilling to obtain natural gas.
March 27th, 2010
The West Virginia Army National Guard hosted an awards ceremony at Snowshoe Saturday for the groups who helped rescue 17 stranded troops after a Navy helicopter crashed on Back Allegheny Mountain on February 18.
March 26th, 2010
Rather than re-inventing the wheel, a local group is getting ideas from other communities that have improved their economies and quality of life.
CreatePocahontas hosted guest speaker Paul S. Detch on March 10 at the Snowshoe Career Center in Marlinton.
March 26th, 2010
The Pocahontas Public Service District (PSD) board will hire experts to study a wastewater plant's potential impact on the underground biology of the upper Elk River, but not an in-depth field study that one board member recommended.
March 19th, 2010
Marlinton just lost its town police officer and won't be getting another.
Joshua Vaughan, of Hillsboro, started duty as town officer in September 2009, but recently departed for a job with the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Department.
March 19th, 2010
The Hillsboro town council voted 3-0 at its March 9 meeting to accept former mayor Richard Workman's resignation. Councilmembers Sandy Gladwell and Lois Wilfong were not present. Workman had submitted his resignation for personal reasons.
March 19th, 2010
When Tom Shipley was running an antique shop in Indianapolis, the furthest thing from his mind was wastewater technology.ﾠ Now he studies it all the time. The Slaty Fork businessman is the newest member of the three-man Pocahontas Public Service District (PSD) board.
March 19th, 2010
On March 2, President Obama signed a disaster declaration which provides federal assistance to West Virginia as a result of the severe snowstorm of December 18-20, 2009.