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March 24th, 2011
High winds blew through Pocahontas County Wednesday evening causing damage to homes and barns.
If you have pictures of wind damage in your area, please send them to pepritt@pocahontastimes.com
March 24th, 2011
Postal Service customers who call Cass home got letters last week explaining possible changes to the 24927 ZIP code.
March 10th, 2011
Marlinton Middle School's eighth grade algebra class isn't just finding the value of x. It's finding the value of a class most people think isn't used in real life.
The assignment: Survey the entire student population to find out what makes students happy at school.
March 3rd, 2011
Pocahontas County students of all ages can take advantage of college level classes thanks to a new collaborative effort between High Rocks for Girls and New River Community and Technical College.
March 3rd, 2011
Where the county's sleeping dogs will lie after June 30 is anyone's guess, and who'll be taking care of those animals through the next fiscal year is another question.
March 3rd, 2011
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital's board of directors saw something last Thursday they haven't seen in awhile-positive numbers on the bottom line.
February 24th, 2011
Two days before Frontier Communications' promised fix for slow Internet speeds in some county areas, the Pocahontas County Commission wrote a letter to the company's corporate headquarters and demanded to know how much and how soon from local Frontier management.
February 17th, 2011
An Ohio woman died Saturday as a result of a skiing accident at Snowshoe Mountain Resort.
Andrea Rose Teodosio, 22, died at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital in Buckeye, said Laura Parquette, a spokeswoman for Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort.
February 3rd, 2011
Using minimal cost materials, a "great space" and a few mobile pieces in his concept of a One Room University, designer Jonathan Smith presented the four phases of the project to the Pocahontas County Commission Tuesday.
January 21st, 2011
Pocahontas County Commissioners enjoyed a full house at their first evening meeting, with about a dozen citizens attending. Not all the audience addressed the commission; in fact, most observed the commission's actions which were mostly budgetary.
January 20th, 2011
Splash.
The Appalachian Waters Byway, Rt. 39, will be marketed as a tourist destination from its beginning in Lexington, Virginia, to its end in Summersville.
January 20th, 2011
The Pocahontas County Commission let the past be its guide Tuesday when it divided Hotel/Motel Tax funds.
Commission president David Fleming made a recommendation that existing percentages stay the same.
January 20th, 2011
The West Virginia Statehouse has been in a state of flux since the beginning of the Legislative session on January 12.
January 20th, 2011
While some leaders and pundits are casting blame toward the politicians who use images of weapons and shootouts in their efforts to garner support from voters, West Virginia's Third District Congressman Nick Rahall says that's not what caused the January 8 shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giff
January 6th, 2011
The Pocahontas County Commission has had the same schedule for several years: first and third Tuesdays during courthouse business hours.
But that will change January 18 when new commissioner Jamie Walker's proposal to have evening meetings will begin.