Pocahontas County News

A circuit judge has ruled in favor of the Pocahontas County Board of Education in a lawsuit filed by a former teacher who was fired for insubordination.

Finding quality time outdoors that everyone can enjoy and learn from can be difficult.

More than 100 delegates from 11 countries are gathering in West Virginia for the 2009 National Youth Science Camp.

Community members and local artists met at the Erma Ora Byrd Green Bank Science Center at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to discuss plans for an art center in Green Bank.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller recently worked with NASA to bring the agency's new mobile lunar exhibit to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank for Star Quest - an annual optical and radio astronomy event, which is began Wednesday and will continue through Saturday.

The following accident report was filed in the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Office during the period June 16 to June 23: June 7: Johnathan B. Walton, of Hillsboro, was traveling south on Route 219 in a 1987 Ford F-150, going down Droop Mountain, when the vehicle veered off the west side of the road, struck a utility pole, which broke off; ran ...

Unemployment continues to grow in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Workforce West Virginia has released its May 2009 report with the majority of counties reporting an increase in joblessness.

Pocahontas County continues to have the highest unemployment rate in West Virginia, despite a decline of 2.8 percentage points in May.

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

The Little Levels Heritage Fair is acclaimed as one of the outstanding events in the Potomac Highlands region and this - the 12th year of heritage celebration - looks to be no different.

Experts arrived in Frost last Wednesday to teach community leaders about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse in the area.

James von Brunn is a "close associate" of the late William Pierce, founder of The National Alliance.

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.

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A deputy sheriff was arrested last Wednesday on five felony counts that included four counts of counterfeiting and one count of obtaining goods under false pretenses.

After what some call minor disagreements between the House and the Senate, state lawmakers have worked out their differences to come up with a budget for the state.

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.

Margaret Baker pictures a woman in a pair of pastel polyester pants and some sort of gossamer headscarf, delivering the monologue she wrote about life in a small Southern town.

June 2527 to celebrate the life of Pearl S. Buck. Dr. Edwina "Eddy" Pendarvis, Christina St.