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St. John’s Church weekly cafe brings neighbors together
Heather Niday | May 3, 2006 | News
Bobbie and Jerry Ryder start their Thursday mornings by cooking for their friends and neighbors in the kitchen at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Pocahontas County gets ready for e-voting
Heather Niday | May 2, 2006 | News
WV counties are cutting it close getting ready to go electronic on May 9th, thanks to software malfunctions and delays. Pocahontas County Clerk Sandra Friel ordered extra paper ballots, just in case. But it looks like the county might be voting on touch-screens after all.
New lawsuit filed against Highland New Wind
Heather Niday | May 2, 2006 | News
Last week, the Highland County Planning Commission found a proposed wind energy project is in accordance with the county’s comprehensive plan. In response, nine Highland County landowners have filed a lawsuit against the wind company and the county.
From Berlin to Back Mountain: The Lilac Tree transplanted
Heather Niday | March 17, 2006 | News
Nicollette Maleckar has always loved to write, and she doesn’t like sad stories.
As one of the last children carried out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust, Maleckar returned to Berlin years later to find sadness everywhere.
In her novel The Lilac Tree, she writes about that time. But the story is really a portrait of all the people she knew then.
Monongahela National Forest for sale?
Heather Niday | March 17, 2006 | News
Pocahontas County’s Superintendent of Schools doesn’t want to lose the Safe and Secure Rural Schools program or the five-hundred thousand dollars it brought the school system last year. But he doesn’t think selling the National Forest to keep the program going is a good idea.
Fun with Maple syrup
Heather Niday | March 11, 2006 | News
In this fun compilation, listen to some of the live coverage from the first weekend of the 48th Annual Highland County Maple Festival.
Green Bank scientists discover hydrogen “super-bubble” exploding from Milky Way
Heather Niday | January 17, 2006 | News
Astronomers at Green Bank have discovered a huge bubble of hydrogen gas rising 10,000 light-years above the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. It’s a discovery that could not have been made anywhere except Green Bank, WV. Jay Lockman talks with us about what it means.
Former Superintendent lays out legislative wish-list
Heather Niday | January 16, 2006 | News
The West Virginia and Virginia state legislatures started their respective sessions in the middle of last week. This week, we’ll be talking with people in our community about what issues they would like to see their state lawmakers address.
Carson Ralston talked with Dwayne Harkleroad of McDowell, Va., a former Superintendent of Schools.
MLK Day celebration underway in Greenbrier Valley
Heather Niday | January 16, 2006 | News
People are gathering in Lewisburg, WV, today for a march and rally in honor of the birthday and life work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For the past decade, Steve Rutledge has been helping to organize annual events in the Greenbrier Valley in honor of this day. He says the rally offers a forum to talk about current events and think about how Dr. King might have addressed them.
High’s Restaurant under new ownership
Heather Niday | January 13, 2006 | News
High’s Restaurant has been a Monterey landmark for 60 years. During that time it’s provided home-cooked meals and a comfortable Main Street location where the community gathers. Joyce Hass and her husband Paul took over High’s, from previous owner Lunora Doyle, on January first. They want to continue the restaurant’s traditions.