Multiple Pendleton County residents achieved academic honors during the spring 2026 semester at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield. Earning President’s List honors, which requires completing 12 or more credit hours this spring with a 4.0 grade point average, were Aubree Keiter and Jacob Mitchell. Dean’s List recipients, earned for completing nine […]

“Whenever I travel anywhere in the state and many places in this country, I can let people know where I’m from by asking if they know where Smoke Hole or Seneca Rocks is,” shared Jessica Hoover, one of Pendleton County’s West Virginia University extension agents. She added that “while normally they do, I’ve always felt […]

Just under 30 counties submitted proposals for Major Improvement Project requests under the School Building Authority of West Virginia. Only eight counties earned awards. Out of those eight, Pendleton County received the largest award, for an even $1 million. Hardy, Pocahontas, Randolph, and Mineral counties were also approved, giving the eastern end of the state […]

The week before last, Pendleton County Schools honored retirees from schools and the central office. Last week, the Pendleton County Board of Education and superintendent said farewell to Wilma Pitsenbarger who was elected to serve out a vacant term on the board. J. D. Wilkins, board president, announced that “we have a board member who […]

By Stephen Smoot “When I started being a parent volunteer for EACHS Head Start in 1988, I never dreamed of where it would take me.” So said Edna Mullenax, director of the Pendleton County Family Support Center, who will soon retire after decades of service to the community. Within a year, Mullenax took an assistant […]

By Stephen Smoot When Experience Learning established a program at Sweetwater Farms near Sugar Grove, as Melinda Brooks explains, “we were just starting with the idea of having a trail center.” As work has gone forward, they have established 12 miles of trail and opened up two miles of farm road for hiking and bicycling. […]

By Stephen Smoot In the wake of multiple investigations by the West Virginia State Police and Hardy County Sheriff’s Department over fraudulent foreign schemes to use false drivers’ licenses to sell land, one of which occurred in Pendleton County, comes an incident from Grant County in which a resident’s classic car was stolen. J. T. […]

By Stephen Smoot On a slightly unseasonably cool June day under blue skies and bright sun, the Pendleton County Commission meeting room at times saw discussions that ran hot and an atmosphere more stormy than usual. Bradley Kimble, Pendleton County sheriff, and April Mallow, Pendleton County prosecutor, came to protest cuts to their budgets and […]

“You know, there are still people in the county who don’t know this exists?” Richard Ruddle from the Pendleton County Historical Society said this in lament as he and Paul Clayton, society president, sat among an extraordinarily rich collection of old documents, traditional musical instruments, and colorful flags and banners in Franklin’s Boggs House. This […]

For all in Pendleton County Schools, except for students already enjoying their summer break, the annual dinner and awards serves as the conclusion of the school year. The superintendent, board of education, central office staff, principals, faculty, and service personnel gather to honor those whose work shone even brighter than others during the year. J. […]