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The Bath County Chargers football team is coming off one of the most memorable seasons in recent history—an 11–1 record that brought the Pioneer District Championship back to Carl F. Williams Field. But with eight seniors graduated and several key positions up for grabs, the 2025 Chargers football season brings new challenges and unanswered questions….

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Like cell phones, wi-fi has always been a bit of a tricky question in Green Bank, in Pocahontas County, WV.  That’s because Green Bank is the home of the Green Bank Radio Observatory and sits smack dab in the middle the National Radio Quiet Zone, or NRQZ.  The NRQZ was established in 1958 and is…

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Meck has made it clear he is offering this proposal because the SWA has not yet come up with an alternative to the landfill and time is running short to ensure that waste disposal continues in the county once the landfill closes.

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Highland economic development officials are backing three local entrepreneurs by awarding $5,000 incentive grants for investment in their business ventures. On July 2nd, The Highland Economic Development Authority announced the recipients, who will financially benefit from the EDA’s Highland Economic Authority Grant Incentive Program. Funded through the EDA and the Town of Monterey, the program…

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Instead of responding directly to such messages, search the internet for a legitimate phone number or email address for the involved company and contact them directly.

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“The first challenge is that Pocahontas County High School is under a state of emergency,” said Dr. Williams

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O’Cull said sometimes the training given to new BOE members over emphasizes the things that members cannot do, instead of the things they can and should do.

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Construction on the new Shavers Center gets underway after the old center, in place for almost 50 years, was torn down.

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Days after Highland County Schools Superintendent Dr. Drew Maerz announced his sudden resignation on June 26th, school board members are looking ahead at what comes next. Who will be their new superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operations of the state’s smallest school system? And, just as important, who will become the next interim superintendent while…

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Highland County officials are wondering if they can fight the state in court to block a required repayment of more than $887,000 due to a school matching grant spending shortfall. The issue of legal action arose during a July 1st Highland County Board of Supervisors meeting after County School Board Chairman Jason Wilfong said preliminary…

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