Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Hundreds of playwrights apply and submit their work to be considered as features in the Barter Theatre Annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights in Southwest ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer There may still be snow on the ground and single digit temperatures, but it’s never too early to ...

LAST WEEK WE reported that 15 year old Rose, the black bear at Point of View Farm, gave birth to two cubs – her 12th and 13th ...

Mark Allen Williamson, formerly of Pocahontas County, unexpectedly passed away of natural causes Wednesday, January 15, 2025, ...

George Melvin Ware, 92, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Augusta Health in Waynesboro, Virginia. Born October 7, ...

Jane Rutledge Jessee Sharp, 83, passed away January 14, 2025, at Brookdale Charleston Gardens in Charleston. Born in ...

Sarah Eloise “Sis” Smith Puffenbarger, age 87, of Blue Grass, Virginia, passed away at her home Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

Mary Frances Cassell, age 99, of Arbovale, peacefully passed away Saturday, January 18, 2025. Mary spent her life on this earth being a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. After graduating from ...

Violet Nellerine Waddell, 98, of Elkins, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at her residence. Born October 29, 1926, at Bartow, she was a daughter of the late Phadeus and Ethel Lambert Thompson.

The number of words found in old English literature does not exceed 30,000, while the new dictionaries today have listed more than 400,000, mostly of foreign origin. It is strange to note, however, ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer At its January 14 Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting, the board discussed its concern about the inability to have WiFi at Green Bank Elementary-Middle School due ...

Skiing Skiing at Snowshoe was excellent at the beginning of last weekend and about 1,500 were reported to be at the resort on Saturday. There was a good crowd Sunday in spite of rain. Monday a good ...