Green Bank, WV

Mali Minter Contributing Writer This Thanksgiving season, the Green Bank Turkey Trot invites Pocahontas County residents and visitors to lace up, come together, and run for something bigger than a finish line. The annual event will take place Saturday, November 28, at 1 p.m. at the Green Bank Observatory. Proceeds benefit the Pocahontas County High… Read the full story

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The Green Bank Observatory hosted the 61st annual Jansky Lecture last Monday, with 2026 Jansky Lecturer Professor John E. Carlstrom.  In his presentation, titled “What Do We Know about the Big Bang?,” Carlstrom focused on his research into the universe, how big it is and how many galaxies are contained therein.… Read the full story

Anna Belle Sheets Gillespie was born September 18, 1937, in Green Bank, a daughter of the late Everett and Lucille Ervine Sheets. She was a graduate of Green Bank High School, Glenville State University and West Virginia University with degrees in education. She taught at Green Bank Elementary School in Pocahontas County and at Nor-… Read the full story

Thursday, November 1, 1951 FIELD NOTES Green Bank – At the home of Mack Wooddell, a spike buck came out of the nearby forest, on a rampage, and began to attack everything in sight. When Mrs. Wooddell sought refuge indoors, the infuriated animal struck the house with its fore feet and horned it. It went […]

Edward Lear Riley, 85, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Born at Arbovale, he was a son of the late June W. and Ruth Flynn Riley. Ed was a graduate of Green Bank High School. He graduated from Potomac State College with a degree in Agriculture and from West Virginia University with a […]

Connie Mae Hamrick Waybright, 86, of Green Bank, peacefully passed away Thursday, October 15, 2026, at Pocahontas Center in Marlinton. Born March 8, 1940, in Cass, she was a daughter of the late Fred Dudley Hamrick and Mae Flora Davis Hamrick. Connie was a beautiful woman, inside and out. A homecoming queen in her younger […]

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer At the ripe old age of 24, Jacob Taylor has already been a busy young man. He entered the workforce in 2016 when he was just 14, working for both Jacob Meck Construction in Green Bank and the Bear’s Den in Arbovale. Under the guidance of Meck and Angela Fisher, Taylor […]