Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Trisha Barb joined the Pocahontas County Free Libraries staff in 2021 as an AmeriCorps and in ...

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Pocahontas County. This marks only the second case of ...

The Big Chill What’s the Deal with the Wind Chill Factor? A term is often bandied about when the weather is frigid, such as ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer It’s common knowledge that Pulitzer Prize winning author Pearl S. Buck was born in Hillsboro, ...

The lady in this portrait is Rebecca Sharp Duffield, the daughter of John Sharp and Sarah McCollam, born June 24, 1815. She ...

Christopher Michael Matheny, 50, of Herculaneum, Missouri, completed his walk on earth, Wednesday January 1, 2025, while ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The Marlinton Town Council meeting Monday evening was filled with contention as some town residents shared complaints about the actions and inaction of code enforcement ...

Jaynell Graham Editor Pocahontas County law enforcement was called to the Durbin area in the early morning hours of January 1 for a situation that tragically ended in the death of 50 year old ...

Zoe C. Sullivan passed away Monday, December 23, 2024, at Pocahontas Center in Marlinton. She was a homemaker. Zoe was a daughter of the late Claude and Virginia Carpenter, and was married to Robert ...

Lynn Shinaberry Lester, 58, of Marlinton, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital. Born April 4, 1966, she was a daughter of the late Shirley Shinaberry. In addition to ...

Word has been received that the venerable Gatewood Potts is in a hospital in Elkins for treatment for kidney trouble. His wife, Mrs. Anna Waugh Potts, though eighty years of age, walked the two miles ...

Five miles of track has been laid on the Greenbrier Railway. The work will progress steadily, it is thought, until the road is done. As the lower end is completed, the labor will fall back and find ...