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What would happen if an airplane carrying the pneumonic plague landed at Ingalls Field in Bath County? A team from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management was in Bath County Saturday for an extensive disaster drill to find out.
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“There’s nothing to do in the northern part of the county.” Those are the words of one Durbin teenager trying to get a skateboard park built on an old tennis court at Widney Park, near Durbin. The young skaters are getting close to their goal, after Tuesday night’s meeting of the Parks and Recreation board.
Read MoreThe Bath County Local Emergency Planning Committee is organizing a regional emergency services drill for this Saturday. It involves first responders from Bath, Highland and surrounding counties. Becky Armstrong, the chair of the LEPC, says it’s an effort to find out what really happens in an emergency and what needs to be changed.
Read More“I just think it’s been a hard year, with the war, and people getting sick,” says Thelma Smith, of Durbin, “We just need to have a good time, and this is a good reason.” Durbin will celebration its Centennial anniversary this weekend with a celebration, including a bonfire, a band, a community pot-luck, and free train rides on the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
Read MoreThe new restaurant, opening on Main Street in Marlinton, boasts a fresh menu to choose from and fresh, local meat and produce. With its all-new, homey interior hidden from sight by shaded windows, the new gathering place has created a lot of buzz on the street. Owner Robert Cutlip hopes Christy’s Place can turn that buzz into a satisfied clientele.
Read More“We even saw the question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” says veteran Harlan Whiting, “and people did not know what to do for proper disposal of the American flag when it’s worn, torn, tattered, and shredded to pieces.” The Pocahontas County Veterans Honor Corps will give worn-out American Flags a fond farewell Sunday afternoon at Allegheny Lodge in Minnehaha Springs. Flag Day is Wednesday, June 14.
Read MoreThe Highland Farmers’ Market offers a local option for putting food on your table. It gives local farmers one venue to raise money off of what they raise. It sometimes doubles as an arts venue. And as Market Master Bonnie Botkin reveals, it gives shoppers a good feeling to know where their food came from.
Read MoreHighland High School Seniors are away on their class trip, ready to come back refreshed for graduation. Their class advisor says they’re a unique group. And they showed it by coming up with a quirky and independent goal for experiencing the local Florida flavors on their trip.
Read MorePCHS graduating seniors make a guest appearance on the PCHS radio club’s Warrior Airheads hour Saturday afternoon.
Read MoreHarlan Whiting has served in the Pocahontas County Veterans Honor Corps for eight years. He is currently their rifle commander. He says that of the 900 veterans in Pocahontas County, only twenty serve in the volunteer Veterans Honor Corps. But he says those who do are happy to provide their fellow veterans the honor they are due.
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