Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Marlinton Town Council had a short meeting Monday night. Of the six items on the agenda for consideration, five were tabled for further discussion at a special meeting to ...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter Pocahontas County Schools Superintendent Dr. Leatha Williams, who assumed her position last July, introduced herself and provided an update on schools to the Pocahontas County ...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter The Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) re-voted on Option #4 at its February 25 regular meeting. That option was presented and rejected by them at their February 18 ...

Joe Miller I don’t think it will surprise anyone reading this column to find out that I enjoy reading. It’s been an important part of my identity since I was a kid.  I attended first grade in El ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Last week, Pocahontas County High School students were introduced to several programs of study ...

While most of the snow and ice around Pocahontas County from the January 31 storm has melted, there are still a few places ...

Lucas Adcock Staff Writer On a cold morning in Pocahontas County – which has been prevalent more recently than not – smoke rises straight from the woodstove chimney if the wind’s not blowing. A pair ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The National Radio Quiet Zone was established in 1956 to protect the telescopes at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory – now Green Bank Observatory – from outside ...

Dennis Calvin Simmons, of Arbovale, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2026, following a short illness. He was a devoted husband, a proud father and Papaw, and a hardworking man who never hesitated to ...

Former assistant superintendent Josh Feather has been named Superintendent of Watoga, Droop Mountain Battlefield and Beartown ...

Rebecca “Becky” Jeanne Lawton and Bonnie Kaye Beard playing dress up in Durbin, West Virginia in the late 1940s. (The Kisner ...

Lucas Adcock Staff Writer The Darn Tough Banked Slalom Race at Snowshoe is one of the most thrilling races of the year for ...