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The Commissioners also discussed what they might fund with the 1.5 million dollars the American Rescue Plan (ARP) has provided to the county. Laura Young from the Family Resource Network (FRN) asked the commission for $200,000 to reimburse them for what they lost due to COVID. The Commissioners seemed to resist this.

The Pocahontas County Board of Education’s Local School Improvement Council Meeting at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at the Green Bank Elementary-Middle School and the regular meeting set for 5 p.m. at that school have both been cancelled.

Supervisors to make plans for spending the remaining CARES Act money from 2020

Business Incentive Grant applications are now available and talks are ongoing with T-Mobile on providing cell service

At the October 14th Pocahontas County Broadband Council meeting, Mike Holstein explained the problems the upper end of Pocahontas County is experiencing in getting high speed broadband service.

HMC will contact patients as booster shots are approved and become available

Two current exhibits are closing on October 30. Museum open by appointment with permanent exhibits during the winter.

Some sites remain open year round, but toilet facilities may not be available during the winter.

Ballots are being received without the required signatures.

Board member Sam Gibson argued for a mask mandate and was the only board member to vote against Morgan McComb’s motion to not have a mask mandate even be considered until January 11th.