Marlinton News

According to Magistrate Court records, the following individuals were either arrested or had activity in their cases.

A federal judge has denied a convicted Marlinton physician's request for a new trial.

Law enforcement officers arrested three more people Friday night, confiscating more prescription medication.

As Marlinton's oldest church building, St John's Episcopal, celebrates the hundredth year of its completion, memories of the challenges of the past - two floods, a major fire, long periods without a priest - receded on Monday, June 8, as priests from throughout the diocese of West Virginia joined parishioners for the triumphal celebration of the ...

State Senator and Finance Committee Chair Walt Helmick was the keynote speaker at the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation dinner last Wednesday.

Can Appalachian culture survive, as the mountains themselves are destroyed by dynamite and giant mining machines? Will people remember bluegrass and old-time music in 200 years? Will they be able to hear a group play it? The people of Allegheny Echoes hope the answers are yes.

As more and more citizens complain about stray animals and a serious rabies outbreak hits neighboring Greenbrier County, a group of local volunteers will hold a public meeting to explore options for a new county animal shelter.

A Pocahontas County trucking executive warned the West Virginia Parkways Authority on Tuesday that higher tolls on the turnpike could threaten the livelihood of shippers and the businesses they serve, and eventually thin the wallets of consumers.

The county commissiona s Tuesday session held various appointments and issues, but all-in-all, commissioners had a routine day .

Now that the Brush Country water extension has been completed, Marlinton Town Council is debating the southern phase of the project, which would run town water as far south as Cooktown.

West Virginia has endured pervasive poverty throughout its history. With a median per capita income at around $35,000, the state ranks second--after Mississippi--as the poorest in the nation.

Two elementary students at Green Bank Elementary-Middle School were expelled for possession of narcotics on school grounds Monday night.

Scholarships, bonds and special awards were presented to the graduating class of 2009 at Pocahontas County High School during Senior Awards Night Thursday.

Assailed with complaints from county residents about her job performance, Pocahontas Countya s Animal Control Officer told county commissioners Tuesday that some responsibilities belong to pet owners.

Tim Bailey, a Con-way Freight driver from West Union, was named the grand champion of the West Virginia Motor Truck Association's truck driving championship May 30 in Charleston.

The thunderous sound of rain filled the board of education conference room as board president Kenneth Vance requested all in attendance of the meeting Monday night, to observe a moment of silence in honor of Becky Sparks, a teacher's aide at Marlinton Middle School, who passed away last week.

A Marlinton physician convicted on 29 counts of health care fraud for billing insurers for services he never performed is seeking a new trial.

It was frosty at Frost and a number of other communities across West Virginia early Monday, with subfreezing, near-record low temperatures expected to be even more widespread early today.

Five people - three Marlinton residents and two men from Florida - were arrested Friday on drug related charges, bringing the drug arrest total to 20 in the past two months.

Developer Ed Lowe, of Seebert, plans to build up to six small town homes in the vacant lot across from FasChek.