By Stephen Smoot One could not have asked for a more perfect day to run for a state title last weekend. Temperatures in the low 70s under cloudy skies and almost no wind at all greeted the cross country ladies from Pendleton County who traveled four hours one way to get there. Pendleton County brought […]

Colonel Ruby G. Bradley (1907-2002), WWII and Korean War Army nurse, will be portrayed by Becky Park of Charleston Sunday at 2 p.m. in the community room at Pendleton County Library in Franklin. When Bradley retired from the U.S. Army in 1963, she was the most decorated woman in American military history. A native of […]

By Stephen Smoot The Pendleton County Wildcats continued their travels in the Old Dominion last week, taking on the Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology School that has just more than 2,100 students, about 600 more than Class AAAA Jefferson High School in West Virginia. That same school had lost to Pendleton’s opponent, Stonewall Jackson High […]

Pendleton County’s 4-H horticulture team competed in the junior horticulture identification and judging contest held Oct. 9-11 during the National Junior Horticulture Association Convention in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In the intermediate division, Hannah Heavner placed second and Ross Pownell placed third. Carrie Ruddle was the team’s coach. Pictured are, from left, Jessica Hoover, extension agent, Heavner, […]

Lola Alice Rexrode, 93, of Rockingham, Virginia, and formerly of Franklin passed away on Oct. 31, 2026. She was born on Dec. 8, 1932, in Franklin, the daughter of the late William Harvey and Leah Zettie (Whetzel) Rexrode. Ms. Rexrode attended Pendleton County Schools and had worked at Korner Shop Cafe for 10 years and […]

By Stephen Smoot In mid-October, the West Virginia Department of Education released to school systems statewide its West Virginia Department of Education Approval Status and Accreditation Report. This report covers both operational and academic effectiveness of all 55 county school systems and also charter schools in West Virginia. According to the WVDE, “the review uses […]

By Stephen Smoot According to metrics used by the State of West Virginia and Pendleton County Convention and Visitors Bureau, local lodging businesses enjoyed another year of rising profits. In fact, as Annie Humes, executive director, In fact, Annie Humes, executive director, notes that the lodging businesses in this county are on track to have […]

By Stephen Smoot Stonewall Jackson High School proudly bears the name of a man considered a hero in both Virginia and West Virginia. Last Friday, however, Pendleton County made the school look less like the august gentleman from Jackson’s Mills and more like the hapless Braxton Bragg. The home team’s game plan went out the […]

A Pendleton County Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College nursing student was awarded a $500 scholarship Sept. 9 by Jeff Fraley, director of nursing education for 40 & 8 Voiture 1623. Christopher Conger was one of four students receiving the scholarship. The students were first-time recipients of the scholarship, as the Fall 2026 semester […]

Loris M. Shreve, 91, of Upper Tract passed away Oct. 24, 2026, at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg. She was born Feb. 8, 1935, in Smoke Hole and was the daughter of the late Vernon Jefferson Kimble and Glona Lessie Alt Kimble. Mrs. Shreve was a 1953 graduate of Franklin High School. She, along with […]