Marlinton News

Marlinton native Bill Gay volunteered to become a Marine officer in 1967 and, eight months later, commanded Marines in a deadly cauldron of Vietnam combat.

Officers of the Pocahontas County Sheriffa s Department arrested five individuals on drug charges Saturday and sought two others believed to be in Virginia.

Officers of the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Department arrested three individuals on drug charges Saturday morning and the Sheriff expected more arrests later today.

"We knew this year that the scores were going to be down," Hall said. "The state board of education knew this and they prepared us.

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

The original Pin Mill looked rough but was very productive. It was located along Rt.

More than $28 million is coming to West Virginia as part of federal legislation to control flooding across the nation.

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

The following accident reports were filed in the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Office during the period September 8 to October 20: September 13: Christopher M. Dell, of Alexandria, Virginia was traveling east on Route 66 in a 2004 Dodge SRT and failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection with Route 92.

Senate approval came Tuesday to nearly $111 million in flood control and prevention projects, and studies, in West Virginia, mostly in funding funneled to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sen.

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., announced Tuesday that the U.S. Senate has given final approval to the FY 2010 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill.

There are three things that bind Jane Price Sharp to this community - her family, her church and The Pocahontas Times.

The board of education expelled two female Pocahontas County High School students Monday night for possession/use of a controlled substance on a school bus and being under the influence at school.

Four mothers whose sons were pricked with a lancet by a chaperone on a Marlinton Middle School field trip have settled their suit against the Pocahontas County Board of Education.

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Area Civil War re-enactors flock to Huntersville on Traditions Day. Pictured, left to right: William Shafer III , of Marlinton; Mary Moore McLaughlin, of Hillsboro; Cyla Allison, of Lewisburg and Eric Stahl, of Hillsboro.

County commissioners approved eight properties, mostly in southern Pocahontas County, for farmland protection easements Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Ocotber 6, his mobile office will make several stops in Marlinton. It will be at the Post Office on 4th Avenue from 11 o'clock to Noon, before moving to the McClintic Public Library.

Mobile Office of Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., will make the following stops in Marlinton: 11 a.m. to noon at the Marlinton Post Office, 819 Fourth Ave.; noon to 1 p.m. at McClintic Public Library, 500 Eighth St.

ELKINS, W.Va. -- A Marlinton doctor who defrauded government insurance programs will spend three years in a federal prison.