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Pocahontas County Loses Eight Hundred and Fifty People in Census

September 7, 2021

The 2020 U.S. Census count shows that Pocahontas County’s population has dropped to seven thousand, eight-hundred and sixty-nine (7,869) people, which is a drop of eight-hundred and fifty (850) people from the last census which was conducted in 2010.

NanoGrav and GBT Poised to Make New Discoveries

September 7, 2021

For the next three years, astronomers from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) will have increased access and new technologies to use on the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in their breakthrough scientific studies of gravitational waves. This new technology and additional observation time is…

Highland Star Parties Planned for September and October

September 3, 2021

Decision will be made by Wednesday September 8 on which day will offer the best viewing conditions

Pocahontas BOE Rejects Mask Mandates in School – Again

September 2, 2021

School Nurse Jenny Friel told the board that there are currently ten positive cases of COVID-19 among staff and/or students in the school system spread out among three of the five schools, but contact tracing shows that each of these positive cases was caused by out-of-school contacts and that no one has become infected from contacts inside the schools.

Highland Postpones Start Of School Year Until October

September 1, 2021

To mask or not to mask – what was the question?

Virginia Tech is Working to Create the Virginia Maple Syrup Association

August 31, 2021

The association plans to support producers and increase awareness of Virginia’s maple syrup industry.

Highland County Planning Commission August Meeting

August 31, 2021

Members learn of a new lighting request, an idea for a Site Plan Review Committee and discuss the Comprehensive Plan update.

What Can We Expect From the Approaching Hurricane Remnants?

August 30, 2021

We hear a lot about the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ida on the Gulf Coast, but not so much about the potential problems here when the storm remnants reach us, so we asked Mike O’Brien, the Pocahontas County Emergency Management Director about that.  

Pocahontas Man Arrested In Connection With Double Murder In Greenbrier County

August 30, 2021

Please contact the Greenbrier Sheriff’s office if you have any additional information

Forest Service Extends Camping Season in Warm Springs Ranger District

August 30, 2021

The George Washington & Jefferson National Forests will offer an extended season at several campgrounds on the James River and Warm Springs Ranger Districts in Alleghany and Bath counties of Virginia. Morris Hill campgrounds are available by reservation only, with an extended season through October 4. Blowing Springs and Hidden…

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