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Vaccinations for persons 75 and older begin next week

New protocols put in place to guide future COVID related closures

Physicians at the medical center contacted police when they discovered the boy had “extremely severe” facial and head injuries, and also appeared to be the victim of “gross child neglect” which included severe anemia and malnutrition.

The Highland County Board of Supervisors held it’s first monthly meeting of 2021 on January 5th.  The Board took care of organizational items for the new year. Harry Sponaugle was elected Chairman for 2021 and John Moyers, Jr. was elected Vice-Chair. The Board adopted Rules of Procedure with no changes…

Volunteer EMS Opposed to Ordinance Language While Supervisors Stress It Is a Draft

Electronic Harvest Reporting Goes into Effect September 2021

Cooperative acknowledges postal service issues have made paper bills late, and they will not disconnect resident members’ services

During their review of their school re-entry plan at their January 5th meeting, the Pocahontas County Board of Education was forced to consider Governor Justice’s updated school re-entry regulations.

At their January 5th Regular Meeting, the Pocahontas county Commissioners revealed that Pocahontas Memorial Hospital has been approved for a 5.7-million-dollar Rural Development renovation loan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA.) The approval came just before Christmas.