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At their October 13th meeting, the Pocahontas County Board of Education passed a motion to re-open all county schools to in-person instruction starting on Monday, October 26th

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  The Highland Youth Employment Program is back in business.  It’s gearing up to get students back to work.  Lois Terry-Warner is the Program Coordinator at the Highland Center. “Since COVID, we weren’t able to do it in the summer months like we normally would,” says Terry-Warner.  “So at this time we are working closely…

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At the recent Bath County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board reinstated a Tourism Director position for the county. The vote to reinstate this position in the county was unanimous at 5-0.

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The Board of Education, citing numerous requests from parents and the need to provide better a learning situation, passed a motion to change their school re-entry plan to clarify that masks are an acceptable alternative to the six-foot distancing except for when students are eating a meal. This motion also clarified that this change will be effective on Monday, October 26th. This will enable most students to be back into their classrooms for four days a week as of that day,

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Millions of families across America have been separated from their elderly loved ones due to Covid-19 lockdowns. Many facilities and families have taken advantage of technology to stay in touch; other facilities broke out the arts and crafts supplies to make posters and signs that can be seen by family and friends visiting through windows….

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In part one of this story, the Duke of Jazz, Pete Pitard talked about his journey through music and radio and how he landed at Allegheny Mountain radio. In this part he talked about his other musical interests and a message for anyone interested in maybe volunteering at Allegheny Mountain Radio.  Q: Are there any…

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  As part of Highland County’s Hands and Harvest Festival, the Highland Center is holding the Third Annual Memorial Concert in honor of Mary Hille McCoy and Elizabeth P. McCoy.   Two bands are set to perform Saturday evening. Karl Behr and Double Derringer kick things off at 5 p.m.   Karl Behrens, from Pocahontas County, is…

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The overall goal of the plan is to ensure that the Board of Education will provide the school facilities to support the curriculum and instructional delivery models which meet state standards.

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The smooth sounds of Grover Washington Junior’s hit Winelight have become synonymous around these parts with one thing: Light’s Out Jazz on Allegheny Mountain radio. Recently, I sat down with the Duke of jazz Pete Pitard to talk about his 20-year anniversary as the host of the show.  Q: How are you doing Duke? A:…

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This is Chris Swecker, Executive Director, of the Highland County Chamber of Commerce. So, we’re excited to introduce a completely revised and expanded version of our popular Highland County Barn Quilt Trail brochure.   The brochure now has over fifty barn quilts for travelers to explore.  Our Barn Quilt Trail was actually the first in Virginia…

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