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This Saturday, the radio broadcasting community in the Allegheny Highlands gathers at Mill Gap, Va., for a day of recognition of the many volunteers who bring radio to you every day – from people who host shows and spin records to those who make sure the mail gets brought in and stations are stocked with the supplies they need to those who bring you the play by play on your favorite local ballgames.

You can meet them Saturday at the Mill Gap Ruritan Grounds.

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Pocahontas County High School senior Michelle Holstine would ordinarily be out in the woods before dawn, taking advantage of hunting season, during her Thanksgiving Break.

This year, she’ll be up before dawn alright – but in New York City, preparing to help lead the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade down Broadway.

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Pocahontas County High School senior Michelle Holstine would ordinarily be out in the woods before dawn, taking advantage of hunting season, during her Thanksgiving Break.

This year, she’ll be up before dawn alright – but in New York City, preparing to help lead the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade down Broadway.

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Pocahontas County High School senior Michelle Holstine would ordinarily be out in the woods before dawn, taking advantage of hunting season, during her Thanksgiving Break. This year, she’ll be up before dawn alright – but in New York City, preparing to help lead the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade down Broadway.

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It wasn’t on the agenda, but Pocahontas County Board of Education President Kenneth Vance said another position had to be created for a Kindergarten teacher at Green Bank Elementary School.

The school has two students too many for one Kindergarten classroom and until Monday night’s board meeting, had no permanent solution.

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Take a radio tour of the Highland Museum and Heritage Center, in McDowell, where you’ll find exhibits on Highland County’s country stores, the Battle of McDowell, and the styles of the day from the Mansion House’s days as a hotel.

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A Pocahontas County woman who was supposed to start her Master’s Degree program in English Literature today is instead spending the day holed up in her apartment, near the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg.

Kama Weatherholt says her first class as a graduate student was supposed to take place this evening. Virginia Tech has cancelled classes today as police search for homicide suspect William Morva who escaped from the Montgomery County Jail.

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Senior citizens in Green Bank met Thursday to discuss the option of passing an excess levy to shore up the Pocahontas County Senior Programs budget.

Voters will decide on the levy this November in the general election.

Senior board member and County Commissioner Reta Griffith said funding for the senior programs has been in a continuous downward spiral for several years.

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This is National Community Health Center week, and Highland Medical Center in Monterey is celebrating, along with a thousand other centers around the country.

“It’s a good thing to celebrate community health centers,” says the Center’s Executive Director, Polly Newlan, “because I think where we do have them, people forget why they’re there and how they came to be.”

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Sixteen people in Pocahontas County would die in a pandemic flu outbreak, according to the regional epidemiologist representing West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle.

Kim Kline broke down the pandemic flu problem for a room full of health and safety planners in our community Tuesday evening.

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