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BOE receives USDA grant
At the November 2 Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Terrence Beam delivered the good news that the board had been awarded a USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant in the amount of $434,779. “The USDA grant – something we’ve been fighting for two years now – has been...
Commission pushes annex plan, takes note of error in bid award
At Tuesday’s Pocahontas County Commission meeting, Com- mission President Walt Helmick asked Jason Bauserman, chairman of the His- toric Landmark Commission, for that organization’s support of the commission’s efforts to tear down the County Jail building behind the courthouse to make room for a proposed Courthouse Annex. Helmick explained to...
Tommy Corbett
Tommy Ray Corbett, 67, of Dunmore, passed away Thursday, October 28, 2021, at the VCU Medical Center Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Born October 21, 1954, in Marlinton, he was the son of the late Ray Omar and Mae Kathleen Gay Corbett. Tommy attended Frost Methodist Church, was a self-employed logger...
Faye Dean
Faye E. Meade Dean, 92, formerly of Seebert, peacefully passed away at home in Ohio, Tuesday, October 26, 2021, surrounded by loved ones. Born December 4, 1927, in Crum, she graduated from Huntington High School and began working for the telephone company. She was preceded in death, in 2006, by...
Caroline Irvine
Caroline M. Beverage Irvine, of Marlinton, departed this life in the quietness of her home Wednes- day, October 27, 2021, at the age of 87. Born at the family farm at Woodrow, August 11, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Martin Luther Beverage and Arlene Miller Beverage. Many...
MTC holds short, yet productive meeting
Marlinton Town Council moved swiftly through its agenda Monday evening as it discussed unfinished and new business including making donations to local organizations and finalizing re- ports for the water system improvement project. Region IV senior project specialist Cassie Lawson discussed several items with council concerning the town’s water and...
For Your Consideration
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” ~Carl Sagan. It was a dark and stormy night. Wait, forget what you have just read – that intro was intended for another story altogether. OK, here we go. After two previous articles about Bigfoot, we’ll put Bigfoot to bed in For...
Braelynn Peteete
A beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend, Braelynn Raene Peteete, unexpectedly left this world, at the age of 8, Sunday, October 24, 2021. Born in Elkins, September 29, 2013, she was a daughter of James Allen Jr. and Rebecca Lea Preusse Peteete. Braelynn was a second grader at...
Braelynn Peteete
A beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend, Braelynn Raene Peteete left this world unexpectedly, at the age of 8, on October 24, 2021. Born in Elkins, September 29, 2013, she was the daughter of James Allen Jr. and Rebecca Lea Preusse Peteete. Visitation will be held from 1...
Bernard Carpenter
Born April 12, 1955, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, he was a son of the late Kyle Francis and Margaret Louise Sharp Carpenter. Bernie was a coal miner and an avid hunter, who loved his trips to Colorado most of all. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Thomas Gray
Thomas “Butch” Abram Gray, 62, of Monterey, Virginia, passed away Friday, October 22, 2021, at Sentara RMH Medical Center. Born June 5, 1959, in Marlinton, he was a son of the late Robert Lee and Bessie Ann Cutlip Gray. A kind-hearted gentleman, Butch was always there to help those in...
Michael Johnson
Michael Raikes Johnson, age 57, of Alderson, formerly of Durbin, passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021. Born December 8, 1963, in Marlinton, he was the son of the late Melvin Lee and Celia Helen Cromer Johnson. Michael worked at the National Youth Science Camp in Thornwood for many years. He...
Commission considers bids, monetary requests and historic property in a two-meeting day
On October 19, the Pocahontas County Commission held a special meeting, which began at 10 a.m. The meeting began with the commissioners speaking with Hanna Carter, the Project Manager for the Community Development Block Grant which will fund the installation of both an HVAC system and a roof at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital. Carter went over a number of technical contract-related documents that need to be submitted in conjunction with the grant.
For Your Consideration
The young teacher had been eyeing the ominous clouds all morning through a window of the one-room schoolhouse. It had been a warm start to February, so she wasn’t too concerned. If anything, it might rain, she thought. By early afternoon the temperature was dropping fast, and the snow started...
Pumpkin Spice Season
For those of us who don’t get out much to what I call “big towns,” it seems there are often wide-sweeping social trends in which we aren’t able to indulge. This time of year, and for the past several years, there’s been a lot of talk about pumpkin spice this and pumpkin spice that.
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