Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The main focus of all schools is academics – making sure students learn all they need to know ...

Melondy Phillips Staff Writer As winter swoops in, colds, flu and sore throats are bound to follow. Doctors were not always ...

Laura Dean Bennett Staff Writer Naturally, when Old World immigrants came to the New World, they didn’t leave their precious ...

This year’s Christmas wish comes from Grover (last name unknown) who was a student at Cass Grade School in 1931. It is a hand ...

Latricia Ann Underwood, 86, of Buckeye, peacefully passed away Friday, December 6, in Marlinton. Born February 27, 1938, and ...

Susan Simpson Shaw, 79, peacefully passed away Sunday, November 24, 2024, in Lake Wylie, South Carolina. Born April 16, 1945, ...

Tim Walker AMR Reporter The “on again, off again” potential purchase of the currently leased county landfill, has again been stalled because of the wording in agreements and in the actual deed. At its ...

The Pocahontas County Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment against two individuals with regard to the May 19, 2024 death of Josey W. Armstrong. Jonathan K. Bennett, 34, of Marlinton was ...

TO CHICAGO For the National 4-H Club Congress By Moffett McNeel, Jr., Friday, November 25, I left Hillsboro, riding with Mr. McKenzie, of Princeton, who was taking his daughter, Peggy, to Morgantown, ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer At the December 17 Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting, superintendent Lynne Bostic recognized 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year Erin Murphy as well as the winners of ...

Father Abraham’s Talk This talk is found in Poor Richard’s Almanac and is represented as having occurred at a merchant’s vendue. “But dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the ...

I can very well remember when the height of my ambition was to own a covered wagon. Every farmer who had a covered wagon could take a trip and make about twenty dollars clear money in a week’s ...