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Butler Cave Conservation Society Open House
Nick Mullins | September 10, 2026 | News
The Butler Cave Conservation Society held and open house on August 22nd, 2026 to share knowledge with the public about the importance of caves and offer people and opportunity to do a little spelunking. AMRN reporter Nick Mullins was there to learn about cave conservation and see what new with BCCS and their partners. [Soft…
Weekend Roundup With Rome: Local Sports Positive
Danny Cardwell | September 9, 2026 | News
Weekend Roundup With Rome: Local Sports Positive By Danny Cardwell · Allegheny Mountain Radio This conversation probably should have happened a couple of years ago. Jerome G. Johnson Jr. and I have mutual friends, and my cousin Troy had suggested a while back that the two of us ought to sit down and talk sports….
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.