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Garth Newel Music Center in Hot Springs Announces Line Up 2012 Virginia Blues And Jazz Festival
Heather Niday | March 7, 2012 | News
Bluesman extraordinaire Robert Cray is the festival’s headliner this year. Other artists performing include Catherine Russell, Bert Carlson, Grupo Fantasma, and the Honey Island Swamp Band.
Trinity Baptist Preacher Attacked While Praying In Chapel
Heather Niday | March 7, 2012 | News
Two men wearing ski masks and camo ambush the minister as he prays in the chapel of the Buckeye, West Virginia church.
West Virginia Health Officials Seeking Individual Who May Have Been Bitten By Rabid Raccoon
Heather Niday | March 7, 2012 | News
A good Samaritan trying to help a wounded animal may have instead received a highly infectious bite from a rabid raccoon.
Tabitha Michell Hiner Is The 2012 Highland County Maple Queen
Heather Niday | March 6, 2012 | News
A long time award-winning FFA member, Tabitha Hiner can now add Maple Queen to her list of accomplishments.
Prosecutor: Marlinton Mayor Cannot Issue Citations
Heather Niday | March 6, 2012 | News
Marlinton Mayor Joe Smith tells Council members they don’t have a legal foot to stand on when it comes to issuing citations for violations of town ordinances.
Bruce McKean: How do the record-setting Lady Warriors stack up?
Heather Niday | March 6, 2012 | News
How do the record-setting Lady Warriors stack up with the rest of the 2012 Class A field?
DJ Willie Smith Named 2011 Allegheny Mountain Radio Star Award Winner
Heather Niday | March 5, 2012 | News
An AMR volunteer for a dozen years, Smith shares his love of county and bluegrass music on the air and is invaluable behind the scenes of many a WCHG fundraising event.
Beginning In March, Bath And Highland Veterans Can Get Assistance A Little Closer To Home
Heather Niday | March 5, 2012 | News
The Virginia Department of Veterans Services is resuming monthly visits to the area.
West Virginia’s Own Music Heritage Trail Is In The Works
Heather Niday | March 2, 2012 | News
Locals have taken “The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail” as inspiration for a similar music trail throughout the mountains and along Rt. 219, including Pocahontas County.
Monterey Town Council Discusses Upgrades To Sewer System
Heather Niday | March 2, 2012 | News
The town has $168,000 in leftover USDA Rural Development grant money to spend, if it can find problem areas in its sewer system to justify a project.