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Tourism leaders weigh in on Beech Ridge Wind Project

By Heather Niday / May 17, 2006

Some supporters of wind energy development in Appalachia charactize the opposing argument as concern over spoiled views. But selling the scenery is how some people make their living. The Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau is not coming down on one side or the other of a proposed wind energy project in neighboring Greenbrier County, but they are keeping an eye on it.

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County Commission President defeated in primary; winner says the election was about sewer project

By Heather Niday / May 10, 2006

Attorney Martin Saffer, of Hillsboro, defeated County Commission President Joel Callison in the Democratic Primary Tuesday in Pocahontas County. Callison has served on the Commission for twelve years. He was seeking his third term. Saffer says he hopes the election symbolizes a referendum on the Snowshoe Sewer Project, particularly the potential use of eminent domain to obtain a site for the treatment plant.

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Two incumbents and a challenter elected to Board of Ed

By Heather Niday / May 10, 2006

Leslie Cain, a mother, PTO President, and community volunteer wins a narrow victory on the Pocahontas County Board of Education.

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Foreign Language at PCHS

By Heather Niday / May 9, 2006

There are about 30 students coming into Pocahontas County High School this fall who want to continue the Spanish education they started in middle school. But at the end of scheduling day, only three of those had found a seat in a Spanish class. Parents are worried about their children competing for college entrance – not to mention mastering the language – and the Board of Education says, with the schools’ enrollment declining, there isn’t enough money to hire another teacher.

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Pocahontas Memorial Hospital preparing for a flu pandemic

By Heather Niday / May 8, 2006

As PMH Director of Nursing Kyna Moore puts it, in a community this size, if we lost one person to the flu, we would miss them. And if a flu pandemic does touch our community, it will take a community-wide effort to sustain ourselves. Kyna Moore talks about what the hospital and other community leaders are doing to get ready.

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Nominations open for the WV Silver-Haired Legislature

By Heather Niday / May 5, 2006

State-wide elections will be held in June for the WV Silver-Haired Legislature. These 134 people – all age 60 or older – meet each fall at the State Capitol Building and go through the legislative process. Except instead of creating laws, they create suggestions.

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Fuel prices fuel problems for small business

By Heather Niday / May 5, 2006

The owners of small service stations are caught between a rock and a hard place trying to deal with rising fuel costs, price wars, and the hidden costs of doing business.

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Cooperative weather

By Heather Niday / May 5, 2006

Every morning at 7 o’clock, Jason Bauserman goes outside to the check the weather. He calls in a report to the National Weather Service, and that’s one way they know what it’s really like today in Pocahontas County.

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Highland County youth ready to work

By Heather Niday / May 3, 2006

The Highland Center’s Youth Employment Program is gearing up for another summer of helping young people explore their interests and potential. One alum says the big benefit is finding out what you don’t want to do.

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St. John’s Church weekly cafe brings neighbors together

By Heather Niday / May 3, 2006

Bobbie and Jerry Ryder start their Thursday mornings by cooking for their friends and neighbors in the kitchen at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

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