Marlinton News

Following a personnel hearing Monday evening that lasted over five hours, the Board of Education approved placing Jamie Walker on suspension from his school bus driving position.

The West Virginia law of capture allows a gas company to drill a shallow gas well on one person's property, drain gas from underneath a neighbor's property and not pay the neighbor a penny.

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Several hearings were held in Magistrate Danith Millera s court on September 24.

Two hearings were held in Magistrate Danith Miller's court on September 10. Russell W. Sharp, of Cass, pled guilty to obstructing an officer, public intoxication, and trespassing.

Gary W. McKenney, of Marlinton, was arrested on September 13 on a fugitive of justice warrant from Fredricksburg, Virginia.

Marlinton Mayor Dennis Driscoll reported at last Wednesday's town council meeting that major town projects are proceeding as planned.

Three months after he was convicted of sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust, Green Bank School's former dean of students was sent for further evaluation at Anthony Correctional Center.

The 21st annual Cranberry Mountain Shindig has been schedule for Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The nature center is located at the junction of Routes 39/55 and Forest Road 150, the Highland Scenic Highway, 23 ...

Gates on selected roads in the Monongahela National Forest will be opened early this year to accommodate hunters during the early bear season set by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.

Kara Squires, of Hillsboro, appeared in Magistrate Court September 2 on charges of destruction of property and brandishing a deadly weapon.

The entire county schools' music teaching staff turned out for the board of education meeting Monday night and pleaded for more support for music teaching in local schools.

An early morning blaze on Eighth Avenue in Marlnton last Wednesday claimed the life of a former teacher.

With a laundry list of stakeholders - 'including property owners who have leased to gas companies and those who haven't - 'county commissioners voted Tuesday to form a water resources task force that will ...

While Pocahontas County residents are debating the issue of future gas drilling, more than 50 wells already exist in the northernmost region of the county.

Businessmen John Fitzgerald and J.P. Duncan have ambitious plans for the old shoe factory in Marlinton.

What Marlinton's mayor called "one disaster after another" while contractors were doing maintenance on two of the town's five water tanks led the municipality's governing body to decide to purchase at least one ...

The county commission voted unanimously Tuesday to develop a lease agreement with Allegheny Recreation Center , represented by J.P. Duncan and John Fitzgerald, for the old Hanover shoe factory property, on ...

School system funding for the county's library system was a major topic at the Board of Education meeting on Monday.

The Pocahontas County Grand Jury indicted 10 men and one woman when it convened Tuesday.