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The Board received information on the creation of a social media policy for county employees and heard a presentation on the transportation section of the Comprehensive Plan.

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A word of caution – this story talks about suicide.

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The performance is part of the Highland County Arts Council’s Second Saturday at Seven Concert Series.

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The 2020 U.S. Census count shows that Pocahontas County’s population has dropped to seven thousand, eight-hundred and sixty-nine (7,869) people, which is a drop of eight-hundred and fifty (850) people from the last census which was conducted in 2010.

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For the next three years, astronomers from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) will have increased access and new technologies to use on the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in their breakthrough scientific studies of gravitational waves. This new technology and additional observation time is supported by funding from the…

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Decision will be made by Wednesday September 8 on which day will offer the best viewing conditions

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School Nurse Jenny Friel told the board that there are currently ten positive cases of COVID-19 among staff and/or students in the school system spread out among three of the five schools, but contact tracing shows that each of these positive cases was caused by out-of-school contacts and that no one has become infected from contacts inside the schools.

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To mask or not to mask – what was the question?

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The association plans to support producers and increase awareness of Virginia’s maple syrup industry.

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Members learn of a new lighting request, an idea for a Site Plan Review Committee and discuss the Comprehensive Plan update.

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