News across Pocahontas County
Preserving Pocahontas
Group of students with their teacher at an unknown school near Browns Mountain in Huntersville, West Virginia. The photograph was taken around 1905 by Nancy Annise Moore McLaughlin, wife of Wallace Hugh McLaughlin. This digital image is from the original glass negative. Please…
Lady Indians Soccer posts back-to-back shutouts
by Jamie Harris There is something special happening with the Berkeley Springs Lady Indians. Two matches. Two victories. Two clean sheets. After rolling past Moorefield 7-0 on Wednesday night, September 23, Berkeley Springs returned home Saturday and battled its way to a…
Incredible 35th Anniversary RoadKill Cook-off and Autumn Harvest Festival
Tim Walker AMR Reporter It was a beautiful and sunny weekend that greeted visitors to the 35th Annual Roadkill Cookoff and Autumn Harvest Festival in Marlinton this past weekend. According to Malinda Meck of the Pocahontas County Chamber of Commerce, which organizes of the event,…
Learn the skills of a frontiersman
Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer When settlers first came to Pocahontas County, life was hard. What they saw in front of them were steep mountains surrounding valleys with potential; valleys that they could turn into towns and communities. One of those towns was a little trading post…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Okay, I can’t put the data center discussion away. If nothing else, giving Joel Rosenthal something comical to read is worthwhile, isn’t it? I’m aware we are in the throes of a movement to slow the development of AI and data centers because someone has advanced the…
New bridge dedicated in memory of Richard Thompson
Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The newly replaced bridge on Cheat Mountain is the perfect landmark to be named for Richard Lee “Rich” Thompson. It connects Randolph and Pocahontas counties; the two places Thompson held in such high regard during his life. Thompson was born, raised…
Marlinton Mayor’s Corner
I returned home Saturday with a heavy heart, thinking about a friend of the region, a friend of Marlinton, who had become a close personal friend over the last 11.5 years, as I have served as Mayor. Many of you knew, or at least knew of John Tuggle. John was Executive Director of…
Footsteps Through History
Thursday, October 3, 1901 A citizen of Marlinton got on the passenger train the other day on its down trip. He was feeling good to a certain extent. The conductor came around and asked for his ticket, and that not being forthcoming, he demanded a cash fare. That also was refused.…
WVU Extension News
Join the fun – Join 4-H The new 4-H year officially begins October 1. Unleash your potential, make lifelong friends and dive into unforgettable adventures by joining one of the seven incredible 4-H clubs in Pocahontas County. 4-H is 100% free to join. All you have to do is show…
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, September 30, 1976 BOYS AND GIRLS IN SERVICE Navy Ensign Roger L. Orndorff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Orndorff, of Durbin, has completed the Officer Indoctrination School at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, Rhode Island. The six-week course is…
Dennis Driscoll, Sr.
Dennis Charles Driscoll, Sr., 82, of Marlinton, passed away Monday, September 28, 2026. Born January 2, 1944, in Providence, Rhode Island, he was a son of the late John L. Driscoll and Yvonne R. Dugas. Driscoll moved to Marlinton in 1997 after teaching carpentry, architecture and…
Kenneth Faulknier
Kenneth William Faulknier, 97, of Marlinton passed away Sunday, September 27, 2026, at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital surrounded by his children. Born on March 21, 1929, he was the youngest child of the late Guy Richard and Josephine Frances Faulknier. He was a faithful Christian…