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Award-Winning Poet Terry Rae Hall Finds Space to Write in Bath County
Danny Cardwell | September 9, 2026 | News
For years, AMR listeners knew Amanda McGuire as the WCHG news reporter here at Allegheny Mountain Radio. Since leaving the station, McGuire has remained connected to the arts in Bath County as the founder of the Red House Residency at Sycamore Bend Farm in Millboro. The residency gives women artists and writers two weeks away…
Life Line Ministries Launches Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway
Danny Cardwell | September 9, 2026 | News
Life Line Ministries Launches Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway By Danny Cardwell · Allegheny Mountain Radio Life Line Ministries in Hot Springs is launching a Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway for Bath County residents receiving SNAP benefits, with the first registration window opening Wednesday, September 16, from 2 to 4 PM at 136 Fairview Lane. Pastor Zach Royer joined…
BOE Must Charge “Reasonable Fee” for Home School Sports
Tim Walker | September 8, 2026 | News
BOE has to set a reasonable fee similar to what other school systems charge.
Hammons Family Fiddle & Banjo Contest + World Class Jam · First Press Release
Nick Mullins | September 8, 2026 | News, Newsletters
MARLINTON, W.Va. — The music of Pocahontas County’s Hammons family survives in the Library of Congress and other folklife archives. It also survives in a less formal way: passed directly from one musician to another, often while sitting knee to knee. The family’s fiddle tunes, banjo music, ballads, stories and woods lore became widely known…
Interview with U.S. Senator Mark Warner
Nick Mullins | September 3, 2026 | News
U.S. Senator Mark Warner passed through the area August 29th, 2026 to officiate at a friends wedding and talk with local people in the area. I got the chance to sit down with the senator to discuss issues in Washington that are impacting many rural Virginians including the conflict with Iran, concerns about artificial intelligence…
Pocahontas Solid Waste Authority Elects New Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Tim Walker | September 1, 2026 | News
Darrell Roach, Gail Siers and new member Nancy Harris voted Siers to be the new Chairman of the SWA, and voted Nancy Harris as the new Vice-Chairman. The vote on each was three to two,
2027 Medicaid New Community Involvement Eligibility Changes
Tim Walker | August 27, 2026 | News
These new Community Involvement/Work regulations only apply to certain Medicaid recipients, and not to people receiving Medicare.
Pocahontas Schools Now Ranked 9th in WV
Tim Walker | August 24, 2026 | News
An improvement from their 15th rating a year ago.
Camp Accovac To Host First Limitless Day Of Fun For Special Needs Adults At No Cost
Michael Folks | August 20, 2026 | News
Camp Accovac in Millboro will hold its first Limitless Day of Fun on August 22nd for special needs adults, offering a slew of camp activities for participants to enjoy at no cost. The camp, located at 33021 Mountain Valley Road, will hold its “Limitless Day” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is for…
West Virginia Establishes Prehospital Pediatric Readiness State Recognition Program
Tim Walker | August 19, 2026 | News
The addition of this Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Program to its already existing Hospital Pediatric Readiness Program has made West Virginia the eighth state in the nation to establish both programs.