The Charles Town Middle school Builders Club, a student community service group, will hold an online candidates forum on May 19 at 6 p.m. for those running in this year’s Charles Town municipal elections.
RANSON – Up to the rafters in some places, heavy steel equipment and support structures painted glossy green and yellow now fill the 460,000-square-foot, warehouse-style building.
RANSON – After another election, there’s another discussion with a new Jefferson County Commission on how to financially sustain the county’s seven volunteer fire departments.
RANSON —A tornado passed through Ranson and parts of Charles Town early Monday night, causing mild to moderate damage.
A 21-year-old Charles Town-area man has been indicted on two counts of felony wanton endangerment for allegedly firing two bullets into a Charles Town duplex on Jan. 5, narrowly missing a homeowner inside, according to court records.
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Shepherd University is hosting “Encore: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Robert Scott Beard (August 24, 1964-March 28, 2021)” on Sunday, May 9, at 3 p.m. in the Butcher Center. The public event will celebrate the life of Beard, who served as Shepherd’s provost and…
HARPERS FERRY — It has taken nearly three years, but the Jefferson County Welcome Center, formerly the Jefferson County Convention and Visitors Bureau, officially opened its doors Saturday.
RANSON — He walked home from school then right into his dad’s Buick GMC dealership to help his father “run” the business. And, he hasn’t stopped for more than 50 years.
CHARLES TOWN – All-terrain vehicles have a wider range to roam now that the Jefferson County Commission scrapped an ordinance that barred all off-road vehicles from operating on any road in the county.
KEARNEYSVILLE —Back in 2010, the Brown Marmorated stink bug cost farmers more than $37 million with its invasion and destruction of crops, in addition to populating in huge numbers in area homes. However, the future is a bright one thanks to the work of Tracy Leskey of the Appalachian Fruit …
CHARLES TOWN – Lolita Kirk remembers several flash points during her 30-year career in public health. The mobilization of the health community during the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009, she said — that was a hectic, stressful time.
CHARLES TOWN – State officials, including Gov. Jim Justice, now recognize that Jefferson County and other counties haven’t received as many coronavirus vaccination doses as they should have—and that they’re working to correct the disparity.
CHARLES TOWN – During the past eight weeks as West Virginia distributed 439,960 coronavirus vaccines across the state, just 5,331 doses went into the arms of Jefferson County residents.
CHARLES TOWN – As recently released vaccine distribution numbers have demonstrated, getting Jefferson County its fair share of coronavirus vaccine has proven to be a challenge for state officials.
CHARLES TOWN – What costs will future residential and commercial growth create for local government services?
CHARLES TOWN —He once had to go to the food pantry at Jefferson County Community Ministries for help years ago. Now Robert Walsh is paying back that help and has continued to do so for 12 years by coordinating the efforts of the very food pantry that did so much for him.
For the second year in a row, despite the pandemic, Jefferson County Restaurant Week will be happening from March 1 to March 7.
RANSON – Five new officers have joined the 17-member Ranson Police Department. The police force recruits include two military combat veterans, two former businessmen and a recent university graduate.
Last week, Jefferson County Delegate Wayne Clark took a stand for local businesses when he voiced support for House Bill 2025, a bill that will greatly update how our state’s alcohol beverage control board operates.
One of the great things about living in the U.S. is that our city and county governments are required to keep their citizens informed about their actions. One of the ways they do this is through public notices – the informational notices that have been deemed to be of importance to local constituents. They are required by law to be disseminated by an independent third party to a broad audience within the community.w
Even when Jefferson’s boys’ basketball team was limited in scope to off-season workouts over the summer months due to COVID-19 restrictions, Cougars’ coach Richard Lewis had a good feeling about his team for the upcoming season.
So much has changed — for the better — lately at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.
Last Thursday’s 59-46 loss to Cabell Midland in the Class AAAA girls state quarterfinals at Charleston Coliseum Convention Center hurt a little bit more than usual for Jefferson’s girls basketball team.
Washington’s boys and girls tennis teams had an easy time in winning the Eastern Panhandle Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday at Jefferson High School.
Aaron Scott Roush, 41, of Charles Town, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Frederick, MD.
Roland Cornel Spitzer, 73, of Kearneysville, WV passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, WV.
Roger Charles Mattei, Jr., 63, of Harpers Ferry, WV, went to be with his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center.
Michael Darren Hitt, 61, of Kearneysville, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital.
Randall Linn Sheetz, 91, of Charles Town, West Virginia passed away April 21, 2021 at his home.
On Friday, April 23, 2021, Victoria Isabelle Brant of Kearneysville, WV passed away surrounded by her family at the age of 55.
Sarah Ann (Dunn) Pasman, 84, of Martinsburg, WV passed away peacefully on April 20, 2021 under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle at their Inpatient Facility. She was born June 21, 1936 in Mingo Flats, WV and was the daughter of the late John Henry Queen and Eliza Jane Hall Queen.
Thomas Edward Kinney Wilson, 95, passed away on April 21, 2021 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Tom was born in Darlington, PA on October 15,1925, the second child and only son of Ed and Margaret Kinney Wilson.
Jeffrey Todd White, Sr., 58, of Harpers Ferry, WV passed away Monday, April 19, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center.
