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Moderna Booster clinic
The Pocahontas County Health Department will host a COVID-19 drive-through Moderna Booster Clinic Tuesday, November 2, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the ARC building parking lot on Second Avenue in Marlinton. If you received the Moderna vaccine and are 65 years of age or older, or have underlying health...
BOE plagued by staffing issues
At the October 12 Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting, superintendent Terrence Beam shared his concerns about a critical shortage in school staff. “Staffing is becoming a crisis situation,” he said.” We’ve been able to keep all of our employees hired if they wanted to work here, but as our employees get older and move toward retirement… I don’t know where we’re going to get people to replace them. At the superintendents’ conference, they talked about the colleges and the education programs, which are really dropping enrollment.
For Your Consideration
“The man who believes nothing is just as foolish as the man who believes everything.”. All along, I have been under the misapprehension that Seebert is just a rustic and charming little village situated on the banks of the Greenbrier River. Except for the occasional flood, not much out of the ordinary happens here.
Madeline Galford
Madeline Grace Galford, 85, of Dunmore, passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte. Born October 26, 1935, at Hightown, Vriginia, she was a daughter of the late John Wilbur Moyers and Cathleen Edith Duncan Moyers. Madeline was a member of New Hope Church of...
There’s a new Free Little Library in town
Joseph and Christine Sharp have constructed, stocked and registered their Free Little Library, located at the lower end of Third Avenue in Marlinton. The box, handmade by Joseph, is waterproof, but will be getting an overhang and awning this week. Christine will add flowers to the “library” area in the...
Richard Hill
Richard Allen Hill, 73, of Denmar, passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at CAMC General in Charleston. Born June 6, 1948, in Lobelia, he was a son of the late Dennis and Minnie Shafer Hill. Richard was a coalminer for Fola Coal Company for 20 years and a U.S. Army...
Madeline Galford
Madeline Grace Galford, 85, of Dunmore, passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, October 16, 2021,at the New Hope Church of the Brethren in Dunmore. Funeral service will be Sunday, October 17, 2021,...
Richard Hill
Richard Allen Hill, 73, of Denmar, passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at CAMC General in Charleston. Born June 6, 1948, in Lobelia, he was a son of the late Dennis and Minnie Shafer Hill. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 23, 2021, at noon at Lantz Funeral...
Get your fill at annual Empty Bowls event
COVID can’t stop everything, thank goodness. Back by popular demand, the Family Resource Network, in collaboration with the Pocahontas County Art Council, will host the Empty Bowls dinner again this year – and it’s shaping up to be a wonderful evening. The fifth annual fundraiser will be held in the...
Betty Doss
Betty J. Wade Doss, age 87, of Hillsboro, died Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Pocahontas Center in Marlinton. Born October 25, 1933, at Hillsboro, she was a daughter of the late Garfield and Mary Ellen Davis Scott. Betty retired as a cook from Denmar State Hospital. She was a member...
Lanty McNeel
Lanty F. McNeel, of Hillsboro, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021, surrounded by his wife and children. Lanty owned and operated Sinking Springs Farms in Hillsboro for most of his life. He was on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Marlinton until it was purchased by First Citizens Bank; and he retired at the end of his banking career.
Danny Wilfong
Danny James Wilfong passed away Monday, September 20, 2021, after a long and hard fought battle. He was surrounded by family who will dearly miss him. Mr. Wilfong was born in Bartow, a son of the late Earl and Mabel Collins Wilfong. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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