🌱 Wednesday Funday and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Wednesday Funday

Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 86, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.

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Wednesday August 19
• Wednesday Funday →
  Pocahontas Branch Library, 179 Centre St, Pocahontas
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 18
• Tuesday Fun Day →
  Tazewell County Public Library (Tazewell Branch), 129 Main St, Tazewell
  3:30 pm
Wednesday August 19
• Mother Goose Storytime →
  Tazewell County Public Library (Tazewell Branch), 129 Main St, Tazewell
  10:30 am
• Homemaker's Club Meeting →
  Burke's Garden Community Center, 6988 Burkes Garden Rd, Tazewell
  1:30 pm
• Mobile Library: Rich Creek →
  Gateway Apartments, 303 Knob St, Rich Creek
  2:00 pm
• Career Fair – Marion →
  The Henderson, 203 N Church St, Marion
  3:00 pm
• Mobile Library: Glen Lyn →
  155 Houston Ln, Glen Lyn
  3:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Mountain Lake Lodge →
  Mountain Lake Lodge, 115 Hotel Cir, Pembroke
  6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Giles County Bookworms →
  Pearisburg Library, 209 Fort Branch Rd, Pearisburg
  6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Play Mahjong →
  Tazewell County Public Library (Tazewell Branch), 129 Main St, Tazewell
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• The Sensational 70's →
  Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre, 170 Malin Dr, Wytheville
  7:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Filling Bowls from Farm to Table →
  Open Door Café, 650 W Main St, Wytheville
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tasty Restaurant Group - Tasty Hut, LLC posted a job opening for Team Member in Bluefield. Apply here.
• Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC posted a job opening for Millwright Journeyman(No Per Diem) in Narrows. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pocahontas here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bluefield

• Defending Champion Fayetteville State Tops 2026 CIAA Volleyball Predicted Order of Finish (theciaa.com)

Tazewell

• Hazardous Weather Outlook Monday, August 17, 2026 (wataugaonline.com)

Wytheville

• Virginia is developing a piecemeal data center moratorium. The potential impacts are complicated. (cardinalnews.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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