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Bath School Board seeks to fill vacancy
Heather Niday | June 20, 2012 | News
The board will appoint an interim member to serve until a special election is held in November.
Pocahontas commission hears monument opponents
Heather Niday | June 20, 2012 | News
What did local residents have to say about the commission’s support for a national monument in Pocahontas County?
Pocahontas Parks & Rec fundraising for wellness center
Heather Niday | June 19, 2012 | News
Parks and Rec board member Brenda “Cookie” Doss recalls several times when the people of Pocahontas County rose to the occasion and helped get important projects completed.
Fiber optic damage affects Pocahontas telephone service
Heather Niday | June 18, 2012 | News
***** UPDATE: Frontier Communications regional manager Reta Griffith reported at 1:30 p.m. Monday that repairs had been completed and normal services restored *****
Telephone service in the Hillsboro area was hardest hit by a damaged fiber optic cable more than 150 miles away.
Stellar feedback for NRAO bicycle festival
Heather Niday | June 18, 2012 | News
What did visitors have to say about the first-ever NRAO Space Race Rumpus?
PSD changes location of proposed Linwood sewage plant
Heather Niday | June 17, 2012 | News
In February, the PSD board selected Site 7A on Hawthorne Loop Road. A number of factors caused the board to change the location to a site in Linwood proper.
Road decommissioning proposed across National Forest
Heather Niday | June 17, 2012 | News
The proposed roads are currently closed and no longer needed by the Forest Service.
Pocahontas PSD reconsiders alternatives
Heather Niday | June 14, 2012 | News
The Department of Environmental Protection required the utility to reconsider a centralized option for a Snowshoe-area sewage system.
Bath Supervisors hear about neglected flower beds
Heather Niday | June 14, 2012 | News
Supervisor Claire Collins plans to organize a volunteer group to clean them up, since VDOT no longer has funds to do it
Major water leak repaired in McDowell
Heather Niday | June 14, 2012 | News
Water leaks and other issues were resolved during a recent visit by a water expert.