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The Co-op was looking for a location in the Frank/Durbin area to possibly locate a future historical museum, and the now county-owned office building located in the former East Fork Industrial Park in Frank seemed like a possible site.

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  The Valley Conservation Council is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.  It’s a member supported, non-profit, nationally accredited land trust, that is based in Staunton, Virginia.   It serves eleven counties including Highland and Bath. Genevieve Goss is the Upper James Program Director for the Valley Conservation Council. “It goes back to 1990,” says Goss. …

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Through a partnership with the USDA Forest Service, West Virginia University (WVU) employees will conduct voluntary surveys of visitors recreating on the George Washington & Jefferson National Forests from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.   Visitors on developed recreation areas and trailheads, and along Forest Service roads who agree to participate in the National…

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Ever wonder what a canvass of an election actually involves? Well, on Monday, November 9th, the Pocahontas County Commission conducted their required canvass of the county’s November 3rd election, and we were there, so now you will know how they work.

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Most classical music was written in Europe between 1750 and 1830. The banjo, on the other hand, came to this country from Africa and is central to the sound of bluegrass. Now, a Virginia man brings those two traditions together, as Virginia Public Radio’s Sandy Hausman reports.   John Bullard traces his love of the banjo…

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Mr. Beam informed the board that Green Bank Elementary-Middle School has begun a fourteen-day virus quarantine, which places all students in virtual education until the quarantine is lifted.

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https://pinecast.com/listen/64cafb69-f62f-4c56-85ba-00878834f017.mp3 The Highland County Board of Supervisors held a work session November 3rd  to discuss filling requests it had received for funding from the CARES Act. The Board voted to fill the following the requests: The Highland County Public Library $6,600.00 The Highland Center $4,050.00 The Highland Children’s House $3,400.00 The Virginia Cooperative Extension, Highland…

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  One ordinance, two different interpretations.  That was the discussion about the new Emergency Medical Services fee Tuesday evening at the Highland County Board of Supervisors’ work session. The EMS fee is $150 a year and it is to be used only for funding paid Emergency Medical Services.  The development of the ordinance and how…

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Instead, the USDA awarded seven point six (7.6) million dollars to City Net to install high-speed broadband in Barbour, Randolph, Webster and Doddridge counties.

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This is the second part of our report on the Pocahontas Board of Education’s October 27th meeting. In the first part we talked about two changes the board made to the school re-entry plan. In this part we cover the rest of the meeting.

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