The Pocahontas Opera House again takes center stage during the Smithsonian Exhibit’s “The Way We Worked” this week. On Thursday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m., students from Pocahontas County High School will perform a theater reading of W. E. Blackhurst’s book “Of Men and a Mighty Mountain.” The book, written in 1965 is a set [...]

The Little Levels Heritage Fair is acclaimed as one of the outstanding events in the Potomac Highlands region and this the fourteenth year of heritage celebration looks to be no different. This year’s theme is Traditions in Music and celebrates the Hefner Family of Little Levels. Richard Hefner and Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys will perform [...]

Genealogy is an addictive hobby: the fact that you are reading this probably means that you have been smitten. There are a number of theories as to why genealogy has become so popular in the last few years; the huge growth of the Internet, the availability of information on CD-ROM or because North American society, [...]

The Historic Preservation effort in this county has really taken off during the last few months. Why does it matter people ask? The answer actually is quite simple…preserving our past helps illuminate our present and gives us direction into our future. Mountain people are very private people, it’s part of our Scots-Irish background. We don’t [...]