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The Monongahela National Forest released an announcement on August 16th that they are accepting applications for two Resource Assistant Internship positions; one in Parsons and the other one in Marlinton.

The Pocahontas County Commission will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 20th, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Commission Office in the Courthouse in Marlinton with the following agenda:

The Bath County Board of Supervisors met August 13 at the courthouse in Warm Springs.

Tim Thomas, the MTA CEO, said that MTA commuter service to Interstate Hardwoods and a local Marlinton Loop, which would include service to Pocahontas Memorial Hospital could start as soon as September 3rd,

“We are a premier mountain biking destination already, but this puts us with the world’s best” said Cara Rose.

Custom hay-making, bush-hogging and more

The statistics on the total number of prescription pain pills distributed to the Allegheny Highlands and Bath were made public recently through a database created by the DEA- over 8.4 million prescription pills were distributed locally in the last 7 years.

American storyteller and West Virginia champion liar Bill Lepp calls them the Nirvana of Honky-tonk, the Rush of rockabilly and the Beastie Boys of bluegrass – he’s talking about John Lilly’s band Blue Yonder. Blue Yonder is Robert Shafer on guitar, Will Carter on bass and John on vocals and…